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Financial advice drags BTFG results

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... 939 to 679 salaried and aligned financial advisers, in the six months to March 2019. This was during the time its parent company Westpac announced it will realign its wealth strategy and BTFG will cease as a standalone division in March. BTFG said the ...

ANZ serious on cost cuts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
ANZ's chief executive said his plans for a streamlined bank should save the company roughly $1 billion by 2022. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliot said: "We will continue to simplify and strengthen the bank, including exiting, shrinking and closing non-core ...

QIC eyes internet infrastructure company

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
The $85 billion manager made an indicative proposal to acquire an ASX-listed internet infrastructure company. Superloop granted QIC an exclusive due diligence period of three weeks starting April 28, after receiving an indicative offer on April 2 for ...

ESG enthusiasm booms post-Royal Commission

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... those who responded to the questionnaire were more likely to be engaged on ESG and sustainability than the average listed company. "When considering ESG it is important to recognise that there are a whole range of different practices and some are more ...

GSFM announces strategic partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... stock markets are inefficient and opportunities arise for patient, well-informed investors to buy an ownership stake in a company below intrinsic value. This is particularly evident in smaller companies that tend to be underfollowed by the investment ...

Kyckr improves platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
Regulatory technology company Kyckr has launched a new digital platform which it expects will result in significant online portal growth. Kyckr provides Know Your Customer (KYC) products for financial services firms. These products allow companies to ...

Bravura raises $165m for GBST bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... geography and/or market, or with R&D spend (on a market by market basis), or with any combination of these," Bravura said in company filings. One of the opportunities Bravura is eyeing is its ASX-listed competitor GBST Holdings, which provides administration ...

Boutique fund house adds distribution lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... distribution from Macquarie. SG Hiscock has appointed Anthony Cochran to lead the distribution of its offering. Cochran joins the company after 14 years with Macquarie. He was most recently responsible for distributing the Macquarie Professional Series ...

Beware disruptors: Antipodes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... Skype - but is able to do so as a free add-on with their Microsoft products, she added. "Microsoft is a great example of a company with not only a very strong balance sheet but they've also been able to replicate these attractive products that 'software ...

Pendal profits plunge, advisers remain positive

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... remaining money managed through Pendal is now in MySuper corporate super mandates, multi-manager mandates, Westpac's life company and managed accounts. Pendal also has a relationship with Viridan Advisory, which bought Westpac advisers earlier this ...