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Quinbrook acquires battery storage specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... co-located with renewables," Quinbrook said. "Habitat has established itself as one of the top performing platforms amongst UK market players focusing on optimising flexible generation and storage." Habitat will be deployed to optimise battery storage ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... billion will eventually be scrutinised. "It is not my intention to stop at £5 billion but given the present size of the UK market, this is the appropriate cut off- for now. I strongly encourage views for this call for evidence to help shape further ...

UK lender targets SMSFs in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
A UK marketplace lender is launching in Australia, targeting wholesale investors and self-managed super funds. CrowdProperty has launched in Australia under chief executive David Ingram. It matches investors with developers of small to medium-sized ...

Former AMP Capital managing director joins Ignition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... financial planning industry will need to adapt to changing customer needs. Last week, Ignition said it will expand into the UK market. It has recently reshuffled its leadership, including the exit of its chief executive Manish Prasad, appointment of ...

Australia to echo UK advice growth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
Australia's advice industry is tipped to grow to that of the UK market, evidenced by technology adoption throughout COVID-19, according to Intelliflo. The UK-based financial advice technology provider referred to various reforms in the UK, such as the ...

Ignition Advice enters UK market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
Fintech Ignition Advice has announced it will move into the UK market, establishing new teams in London and Edinburgh. Ignition chief executive of Europe Terry Donohoe said he is delighted by the move into the UK market. "By bringing advisers and their ...

Bravura to make $41m acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... and services. Delta is a UK software company that provides technology to power complex pension's administration in the UK market. Bravura said the acquisition helps to broaden its product suite. "Delta's products represent a natural extension to Bravura's ...

Fund manager hires client experience lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
A $2.6 trillion ($1.9tn) global fund manager has hired a sales and marketing expert to a newly created role. Capital Group named James Cardew as its new head of marketing and client experience for Asia and Europe, responsible for overseeing institutional ...

Link Group enters UK market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
Link Group announced it has entered the UK pensions market, forming a strategic global partnership with a UK-based pension platform. Link said the partnership with Smart Pensions provides it with a strong a credible market entry point into the fast-growing ...

ASIC gears up for Brexit

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... 298 UK firms operating in Australia. This includes 285 UK firms operating in Australia under an AFSL exemption, five UK market operators which hold an Australian market licence and six operating under exemption notices. "ASIC is working with the RBA ...