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Fiducian acquires Adelaide adviser's FUA

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Fiducian Financial Services paid $495,000 to acquire $23 million of advice assets from a North Adelaide adviser exiting the industry. The dealer group acquired the assets for a Tasmanian financial planner in its network, who is relocating from Tasmania ...

Super gender gap widens for NSW women: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Women living in New South Wales will retire with $60,000 less superannuation than men. This is according to Industry Super Australia, which found that median balance for women in NSW sits at $48,700, falling behind the national median of $49,300 for ...

Farmland value grows in all states

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
For the first time since 2005, every single state in Australia saw the price of farmland increase. The median price per hectare of Australian farmland increased by 12.9%, with the nation enjoying its seventh consecutive year of farmland value growth. ...

AZ NGA acquires two advice practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has acquired two Queensland-based financial planning firms. Blue Harbour Financial Partners (formerly Bridges Brisbane Bayside) and Henderson Matusch Group brings the network to a total of 79. Blue Harbour, which ...

TCorp hires CBA capital markets executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
The New South Wales Treasury Corporation has appointed a long-serving Commonwealth Bank executive to the role of head of funding and balance sheet. Rob Kenna leads the team primarily responsible for raising debt in the form of bonds and managing the ...

FirstChoice dominates platform market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
New research finds that Colonial's FirstChoice platform is the most popular among financial advisers across all states and territories. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's March Financial Adviser Register reveals Colonial FirstChoice is the most-used ...

MIRA to acquire waste management firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets is set to acquire a waste management company for about $2.3 billion. MIRA is offering to buyout ASX-listed BINGO (BIN) for $3.45 per share, representing a 33% premium on the target company's one-month average ...

T.Rowe Price adds to APAC leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
The global investment manager has shifted its US-based head of internal audit to Hong Kong as APAC regional operating officer. Mike Weigand joined T.Rowe Price in 2018 and in addition to his role oversaw the firm's COVID-19 response. Weigand previously ...

Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The chief executive of the UK's Pensions Regulator believes climate change will be more catastrophic to populations' way of life than the COVID-19 pandemic if no action is taken. The comments came as The Pensions Regulator chief executive Charles ...

"Financial" in BFID is no big deal: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
A UNSW academic says subjecting superannuation funds to "best financial interest duty" instead of just "best interest duty" is not material, but BFID's flow-on effects will be concerning for trustees. University of New South Wales director for centre ...