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Perpetual acquires advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
Perpetual Private has acquired a boutique financial advice firm with over 1000 clients and $915 million of assets. Established in 2015, Jacaranda Financial Planning caters to the high-net-worth market with a team of nine advisers based in Sydney and ...

AMP flags recovery, profit jumps

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
AMP's 57% year-on-year jump in its half-year profit shows positive signs of recovery but it's still a far cry from the company it was four years ago. In the six months to June, the group's underlying net profit after tax hit $181 million ...

State Street hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
State Street has appointed a head of transition management solutions for Asia Pacific, hiring from Macquarie Securities. Elliot Graham will lead State Street's transition management in the role of managing director within the bank's portfolio solutions ...

Fortius, PGIM make $214m property acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
Fortius Funds Management and PGIM Real Estate have partnered to acquire a Brisbane office building from LaSalle Investment Management. The two acquired 307 Queen Street in Brisbane CBD off-market for $214.48 million from LaSalle. The office building ...

Netwealth hires head of investment solutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
As part of a broader strategy to grow its asset management and managed accounts offerings, Netwealth has hired the former head of private wealth at Nikko Asset Management. A spokesperson for Netwealth confirmed Naomi Finnigan has been appointed to the ...

Profit boost for CBA, ups remediation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
Despite reporting a $1.4 billion profit boost, Commonwealth Bank's legacy financial advice business and legal troubles continue to eat away at the bottom line. In releasing its FY21 results this morning, CBA's provisional remediation bill owed ...

How wealthy families protect assets no matter what

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
The wealthiest families in the world have mastered the art of asset protection through generations, even in the face of unpredictable and unprecedented events like the current pandemic. This was the consensus during a recent panel discussion on integrated ...

Abrdn acquires robo-adviser

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
The Scottish wealth management firm is purchasing Exo Investing from Nucoro and will produce a digital wealth management app with AI capabilities. The acquisition will help Abrdn develop an industry-leading technology solution for investors powered ...

NAB to buy Citigroup's Australian consumer banking business

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
NAB's purchase of Citigroup's local consumer business includes Citi's roughly 4000 wealth clients. NAB will pay Citigroup cash for the net assets and a premium of $250 million. Citigroup's consumer banking business includes lending assets of $12.2 billion ...

Government passes continuous disclosure changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
The government yesterday passed changes to Corporations Act that loosens disclosure requirements for companies, while also introducing legislation to make virtual AGMs permanent. Under the amendment, companies and directors will be liable for continuous ...