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KLP divests Israeli-linked settlement firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
Norway's largest pension fund KLP has offloaded 16 companies that operate in banking, construction, infrastructure and telecommunications in Israel connected to occupying Palestinian territory. The pension fund announced on June 5 that following failed ...

Louise Walsh launches Walsh Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... firm, an impact manager, an activist manager and a global equities manager likely to be announced. Walsh Capital will then connect these clients with sophisticated investors including family offices and high-net worth individuals. "I'm trying to ...

Connectus acquires fifth practice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
Global financial advice firm Connectus Wealth Advisers continues its Australian expansion strategy, announcing it will acquire its fifth wealth management firm in less than a year. Connectus has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire New South ...

AWS swaps to boutique licensee

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
Australian Wealth Solutions has bowed out of its licence with Garvan Financial Planning after it folded into IOOF and moved across to ASVW Financial Services. AWS attributed the move as part of its long-term strategy to address the needs of clients ...

Adviser numbers fall below 20k

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... Financial Planning, as well as TenFifty and Godfrey Pembroke. Finally, its adviser services unit comprises IOOF Alliances, MLC Connect and Lonsdale Dealer Associates. AMP Financial Planning netted 304 exits, paring down its representatives from 1038 ...

Advisers jump onto paraplanning platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
A platform that connects financial advisers to paraplanners has onboarded over 250 users in the short time since it launched. Tanngo is streamlining the way advisers source paraplanning staff, growing to 140 advisers and 120 paraplanners since it set ...

Pendal to use Calastone order routing

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
ASX-listed Pendal Group has signed up for Calastone's automated processing of fund orders via its order routing solution. Calastone said Pendal, which has $101.7 billion in assets, is now live on order routing and transfer. "Over the past 12 months ...

Draft advice reforms not enough: FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia used its submission on the single disciplinary body for financial advisers to renew calls to remove the Tax Practitioners Board as a regulator of the sector. While the association welcomed the plan to ...

Aged care workers depended on ERS: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
Aged care employees relied more on the early release of superannuation (ERS) scheme compared to other workers health and community services sectors, research from HESTA reveals. The proportion of HESTA members who work in aged care and childhood education ...

Infrastructure investment builds to $170bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
The government has announced a $110 billion infrastructure project pipeline to help fuel the post COVID-19 economic stimulus, and it's not just concrete and steel. Billed as one of the budget's cornerstone commitments, the government will spend an extra ...