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Count posts positive results ahead of Diverger takeover

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... billion in funds under advice. With Diverger, this will grow to $30 billion. In February, the group acquired 51% of Solutions Centric, a company that provides offshore SMSF services out of India. The acquisition is expected to complete before March 31. ...

Platforms ramp up innovation, back-end efficiencies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... integrated Allianz Retire+ AGILE and Challenger fixed-term annuities respectively, allowing advisers to administer these solutions like other investments on the platform, Peker said.

Count drops $4.1m on SMSF services company

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... company that provides offshore SMSF services out of India, with an aim to expand its services segment to support financial planning and accounting businesses. Count will acquire 51% of the business based on an enterprise valuation of $4.1 million. Count ...

AustralianSuper calls for an 'account for life'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... provide more support, guidance, and advice, leveraging data sharing with government to smooth the complexity of retirement planning. It proposed updating advice regulations to be technology neutral, enabling the adoption of AI and similar technologies ...

Colonial First State launches new offering to advisers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... areas CFS 10X will be exploring with practices this year." Quirk acknowledged that advisers are searching for practical solutions when it comes to people management and building a high-performance team. He added that practices are interested in finding ...

Euroz Hartleys, Mason Stevens sign partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... further strengthen Euroz Hartleys' advice offering, with the Outsourced CIO providing institutional grade investment solutions and insights for our clients." The services provided by Mason Stevens to Euroz Hartleys will cover a suite of multi-asset ...

Scarcity buys stake in asset manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... money from family offices and high-net-worth investors and its owners. "Evidentia's deep domain expertise in financial planning as well as investment management ideally positions it to take advantage of this ongoing trend, through providing the hard ...

AI mania will underwhelm advice: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... remains the most challenging area to predict. "We see so much underlying logic for its utility, yet the take-up of these solutions remains experimental. Internationally, many digital advice solutions didn't last past the end of 2023," the report ...

Interest rates drive adviser conversations in 2024

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... rise and then working out the clients' options," Devlin said. Retirees require a different conversation Future Gen Solutions financial adviser Lili Hong said for older clients, who are typically mortgage free, conversations revolve around prudent ...

CFS Edge launches Cboe products

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... designed to manage uncertain investment markets, important they have access to the broadest possible range of investment solutions," Quirk said. "By integrating Cboe funds into CFS Edge, advisers and their clients will benefit from Cboe Australia's wide ...