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Zenith acquired by private equity firm

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
Research house Zenith Investment Partners has accepted an offer from private equity firm Five V Capital to acquire the business. Five V Capital, set up by Adrian MacKenzie in 2013, is best known for being an early backer of Aussie tech darling Canva ...

MAX awards recognise industry excellence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
More than 280 guests attended the 2019 Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence (MAX) Awards in Sydney last night, to recognise individuals and organisations in the wealth management industry. In its 24th year, the MAX Awards demonstrated ...

SuperConcepts searches for new CTO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... SuperMate releases followed by a break." In January 2016, AMP revamped its SMSF business by aligning AMP SMSF Solutions, Ascend, Cavendish, Justsuper, Multiport, SuperIQ, SuperMate and yourSMSF under the SuperConcepts brand. Early this year, SuperConcepts ...

Nicholas Moore to retire from Macquarie Group

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The chief executive and managing director at one of Australia's largest diversified financial services groups will retire in November. Replacing Moore in the top seat at Macquarie Group will be current group head of the firm's asset management ...

Kim Ivey launches new boutique

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... of research. He was previously a senior investment professional at Outrider Management and a senior research analyst at Ascend Capital. Finally, David Gray has joined LSL as chief operating officer. Gray spent 17 years managing UBS' prime brokerage and ...

SuperConcepts acquires SMSF administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... provider in an attempt to expand its market share. MORE Super joins SuperConcepts' growing network comprising AMP SMSF, Ascend, Cavendish, SuperIQ, superMate and yourSMSF. MORE Super will continue to operate under its own brand name with its existing ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
Want a sure bet for next week's Melbourne Cup? Bet on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) not moving on interest rates when its board meets on Melbourne Cup Day, Tuesday 7 November. Yes Virginia, I know, it's like saying that sugar is sweet and made ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
If Monsieur Benoit Coeure's - member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB) - recent comments are any indication, don't expect any changes in ECB monetary policy settings anytime soon. Coure told his audience at a conference at the ...

AMP names directors to lead revamped SMSF business

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... now offers including SMSF administration, education and software services. Existing brands including AMP SMSF Solutions, Ascend, Cavendish, Justsuper, Multiport, SuperIQ, SuperMate and yourSMSF will operate as sub-brands of SuperConcepts. The business ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
The Australian sharemarket is trading higher for a record 12th trading session in a row, boosted by a rise in oil prices. However, the upward momentum has been tempered by the Reserve Bank of Australia's quarterly statement. OptionsXpress market analyst ...