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Apex Group wins fund admin mandate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
Apex Group has announced its appointment by Octopus Investments Australia to service its funds structured around renewables investments. The global financial services provider will deliver Octopus Australia with fund administration, investor onboarding ...

Four join Payton Capital team

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
Payton Capital has announced the appointments of two investment directors and two non-executive directors. Joining the Payton Capital team is Jake Ireland, Daphne Chang, Meredith Scott and Claire Rogers. ​Ireland has been appointed investment director ...

Apex completes MMC, IFAA acquisition

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
Apex has finalised its acquisition of New Zealand's MMC Group, including local subsidiary IFAA Group, marking its entry into New Zealand. MMC provides administration services to investment managers and IFAA does the same for Australian superannuation ...

Clients want more communication from advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
Clients want to hear better communication from financial advisers and more regularly, new research of independent financial advisers reveals. The analysis of 230 IFAs by Business Health in its annual Future Ready report found that only 27% of advice ...

New operations chief for advice tech start-up

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
iFactFind has appointed Bill Taylor to the newly created position of chief operating officer. Taylor, who was previously business manager at Trapeze Group and led the Asia Pacific division of global event automation platform Certain, will spearhead ...

IFM Investors adds former Schroders chief

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... Council (FSC) and been an executive committee member and pension committee chair of the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association (IFA). I'm delighted to be joining IFM Investors - a great Australian success story," Durack said. "I look forward to working ...

Digital advice predicted to soar in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
Asset managers and superannuation funds will ramp up their digital advice offerings in 2022 as the reality of financial advisers exiting sets in. Technology firm Finura predicts the wealth management and super sectors will invest heavily in digital ...

Managed accounts surpass $100bn

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... groups looking to run their own managed accounts and there was a focus on dealer groups setting up managed accounts and big IFA firms running their own investment philosophy through an SMA," he said. Morris said a third cohort of advisers has emerged ...

Morningstar business development lead to exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
Morningstar is recruiting for a new head of business development for Australia and New Zealand as the incumbent readies to return to the United States. Phil Winter is remaining with Morningstar but leaving the local business; returning to Chicago at ...

Asendium partners with regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
Financial advice technology solution provider Asendium has added a risk and compliance feature via a new partnership with Fourth Line. Fourth Line will help advisers deliver risk and compliance reviews as part of their document preparation. The integration ...