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JANA awarded mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
The asset consultant has won a mandate to provide investment advisory services to a Queensland-based health insurer. TUH Health Fund selected JANA after a three-way tender process in January 2021 and follows growth in JANA's investment advisory offering ...

Crypto chosen over defensive assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Investment in cryptocurrencies among investors has surpassed defensive assets such as precious metals, fixed income and annuities, according to new research. Digital asset exchange BTC Markets latest survey of over 2000 investors revealed 12.6% of respondents ...

HUB24 lifts inflows, profit flat

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The platform provider recorded a significant jump in platform inflows and funds under management while profit remained flat, according to its half-year results. Platform inflows jumped 24% to $3.1 billion on the 12 months prior while funds under management ...

CountPlus profit down 53%

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group posted a significant drop in net profit from $11.9 million to $5.5 million in its half-year results. Released today, the results also show adjusted net profit attributable to shareholders jumped 65% to $4.1 ...

Macquarie to profit off severe weather

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
Macquarie Group has increased its short-term guidance as demand rises for gas and power in Texas after severe weather conditions caused the collapse of its local electricity supply. Macquarie expects its annual profit to increase by between 5% and 10% ...

ATO targets SMSF fraud

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is focusing attention on new SMSFs registrations after identifying illegal release of super. Speaking at the SMSFA National Conference assistant commissioner Justin Micale said results of its 'secure front door program' ...

Wealth group makes acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
A subsidiary of ASX-listed accounting firm Kelly+Partners has made a tuck-in acquisition of a financial services group on the New South Wales Central Coast. The subsidiary will acquire a 51% stake in the group which includes private wealth management ...

BetaShares launches climate ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
The exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider has announced it is set to launch a fund that will provide exposure to companies focused on climate and environmental challenges. The BetaShares Climate Change Innovation ETF (ERTH) will track an index that will ...

Asset managers move to ESG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Close to 80% of institutional investors in the Asia Pacific region boosted their environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. MSCI's 2021 Global Institutional Investor Survey showed ...

Iress names chair, profit slides

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The chair of the financial software provider will step down and the chair of Webjet will take his place. Tony D'Aloisio will step down as chair following the company's annual general meeting in May, having spent over six years in the position. Roger ...