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Macquarie finalises Waddell & Reed acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... acquisition, MAM has also sold off Waddell & Reed's wealth business to LPL Financial, a retail investment advisory firm, broker-dealer and registered investment advisor custodian, for US$300 million. Some 900 Waddell & Reed advisers have joined LPL. ...

Pandemic boosts financial sector's engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
Financial services employees have never been more engaged in their roles since the global pandemic disrupted the workforce, a new study shows. The global workplace study by ADP, a provider of human resource solutions, found that the shift from office-based ...

ASIC opens breach reporting consultation

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
The corporate regulator is seeking stakeholder feedback on updates to draft guidance on breach reporting reforms that aim to reduce industry misconduct. ASIC's draft guidance is based on reforms made to the breach reporting regime under the F inancial ...

Bernie Madoff dies in prison

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
The architect of the largest Ponzi scheme in US history has died in prison aged 82. Bernie Madoff had been serving his sentence at FMC Butner, an administrative security federal medical centre for male offenders located in North Carolina, at the time ...

Atlas Wealth launches mortgage brokerage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... to help expatriates buy property in Australia. Atlas Mortgages is led Jeremy Harper as director, an experienced mortgage broker who's also worked in accounting and taxation. He was most recently a director at hfinance, joining in May 2015; a firm ...

Multiples paid for client books dip

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
How much financial advisers can expect to sell a book of investment and superannuation clients for has decreased over the last two years, according to a new valuation report. Radar Results has released its March 2021 price guide, highlighting a downward ...

Raiz expands to SMSF market

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
The micro-investing platform is targeting SMSFs with its custom portfolio option, giving members more control over their portfolio allocations. The recently launched custom portfolio option is now available to SMSFs and allows users to build their own ...

360 Capital to raise $93m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... investment activities as well as potential capital growth from other activities. Dealt have appointed a capital raising and broker team comprised of Cambridge Investment Partners, Shaw and Partners and Vested to assist with the raise. Dealt is a fully ...

Foreign exchange brokers banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
The corporate watchdog has banned the sole director and four employees of contracts-for-difference and FX broker Forex Capital Trading from providing financial services. Forex CT chief executive officer, responsible manager and sole director Shlomo ...

Former Wallaby departs Westpac for NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... private wealth, north at Westpac, Phil Waugh has taken on an executive role at NAB. Waugh has been appointed as executive, broker distribution at NAB and will report to executive, home ownership Andy Kerr. Waugh spent four years at Westpac and in his ...