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Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... growth. This has dire consequences on a country that relies on personal consumption, he argued, with personal spending accounting for roughly 70% of US GDP. "And still undetermined are the inevitable changes in consumer behaviour brought about by the ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... Equities Trust. Ast at April end, the trusts had six6 tobacco securities and five5 controversial weapons securities, accounting for 0.88% and 0.69% of the index. "Over recent years, we have witnessed a number of very large asset owners in Australia exclude ...

Regal Atlantic fund perks up in April

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... and energy holdings. Despite April's positive returns, the fund is still down 65.9% since the start of the year after accounting for March and February performance. "Long-term bond yields continue to compress, equities remain inexpensive relative to ...

Revenues lift 30% at Xero

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Accounting software company Xero has seen its full year earnings to March 31 lift 30% to $718.2 million, as financial advisers and accountants shift to digital solutions to run their businesses. Xero's net profit rose to $3.3 million; a $30.5 million ...

Processes are the problem, not people: Count Financial

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... are encouraged that we are fielding inbound requests to join our network from well-established and trusted converged accounting and advice businesses," Kennedy said. To help its advice businesses prepare for the next generation of financial advisers ...

IFM cuts carbon footprint from Aussie infra assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... based on its equity stake. Ausgrid is the biggest contributor to IFM's carbon footprint from Aussie infrastructure, accounting for 213,477 out of the 273,514 across the 13 assets. "The annual carbon footprint measurement is an integral element of our ...

South Australian wealth firms merge

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
An Adelaide wealth advisory and accounting practice has acquired a private wealth firm that was named the Financial Planning Association of Australia's Professional Practice of the Year in 2018. Perks is expanding its Perks Private Wealth business after ...

CountPlus acquires firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... planning practice offering of CountPlus One." Just over a month ago, Count Financial became the licensee of Affinitas, an accounting-led financial advice firm in Queensland. Count Financial chief advice officer Andrew Kennedy said at the time that the ...

Former Cbus advice head launches referral program

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... former head of advice Greg Harper has launched a national referral program, looking to connect superannuation funds, accounting firms and other service organisations with financial planning groups. fpCentral, offered by Harper's firm Financial Advice ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... deliverables. This [tool] spans the globe and is for asset owners and managers," Northern Trust product lead - investment accounting and analytic solutions Serge Boccassini told Financial Standard. It will help funds monitor their changes to their fund ...