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Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025

... a decade of stagnation in living standards. Low unemployment is an opportunity not a risk. Reducing it further will not spark a fresh outbreak of inflation as some have wrongly suggested." Meanwhile, Colonial First State's (CFS) survey of 2250 Australians ...

Alternatives spark 'real' opportunities for HNW advisers

MATTHEW WAI | TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025

There are an increasing number of high-net-worth (HNW) investors using alternative assets to diversify, protect against inflation and lessen returns related to the public markets, with Praemium saying advisers should look to capitalise from this trend. ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025

Colonial First State (CFS) managed the two best-performing MySuper options over the year to March 31. The wealth management and superannuation provider's head of equities Ben Lam explains the "art and science" behind its recently evolved manager ...

Jarden Strengthens advisory team with Rothschild exec

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025

... includes engagements with ASX 100 and NZX 50 companies, including Dyno Nobel, Origin, Stockland, Woolworths, Fonterra and Spark New Zealand. The firm has also led significant capital markets transactions in the last financial year, including debt and ...

Clients' evolving circumstances a 'key barrier' for advisers: Netwealth

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025

... to meet evolving needs. From this, Netwealth believes it is important to proactively innovate the advice methodology to spark "excitement, urgency and engagement", as well as disclosure - sometimes revealing the rationale and process behind the advice ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025

The ASX recorded its biggest-ever ETF market turnover in a day earlier this month, hitting a whopping $2 billion on March 6, largely thanks to BlackRock reducing its equities exposure and shoring up defensive assets within its model portfolios. The ...

Future Group, family offices back US$100m AI-focused fund

MATTHEW WAI | TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025

... over $1.2 billion assets under management. It also links up with US investors such as Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and Spark Capital to invest in Australian tech, and scale domestic companies in the US and other markets. Future Group executive director ...

UniSuper prepared for buying opportunities

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025

UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce has provided an outlook for markets in the year ahead, with a positive yet subdued sentiment. Pearce said that while 2023 and 2024 were both bumper years for markets - with returns greater than 20% - he ...

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025

The ASX said the outage from last month largely stemmed from the now-defunct mFunds and will subsequently credit participants $1 million to make amends. While several circumstances led to the glitch, the ASX traced the root cause to the introduction ...

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025

Investors have head into the New Year with many of the same concerns they had at the start of 2024, with interest rates and inflation to dominate once again. Last November, RBA governor Michele Bullock indicated the central bank views its settings as ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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