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Super fund targets homegrown opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 JAN 2021
The coronavirus pandemic is a boon for the localisation of Australian businesses that will create investment opportunities and jobs growth, two superannuation fund experts predict. Statewide Super chief executive Tony D'Alessandro and chief investment ...

APRA Connect to go live in 2021

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... APRA has recommenced work on its data-collection project, which will go live in September 2021. Web-based platform APRA Connect ultimately replaces Direct to APRA (D2A) as the data collection tool. The test environment will kick off from June 2021. A ...

Almost 3000 advisers gone in 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
A total of 2802 financial advisers have departed the industry in 2020, with just 60 new advisers joining, according to Rainmaker analysis of the Financial Adviser Register. AMP Financial Planning lost the most advisers of any AFSL this year, with 323 ...

Amazon Web Services expands Australian operations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will open a second infrastructure region in Australia next year, assisting the financial services industry to run applications and serve end users from data centres around the country. The AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region ...

Link takeover heats up

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
A Nasdaq-listed firm has one-upped the Pacific Equity Partners and Carlyle Group consortium bid to acquire Link Group. SS&C Technology Holdings is offering $5.65 per share to acquire 100% of Link via a scheme of arrangement. Link shares closed at $4.96 ...

Cbus expands clean-energy holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Cbus has completed the acquisition of a renewable energy asset with the help of a consortium. The partnership with Capital Dynamics and other investors acquired a direct undisclosed interest in two solar photovoltaic (the process of converting light ...

US wealth manager acquires three Aussie firms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
NASDAQ listed Focus Financial Partners has created a new network of boutique financial advice firms and acquired three Australian businesses. Focus launched Connectus on December 1 in the US, and now the first Australian advice firms to join the boutique ...

LGBTI+ leaders list 2020 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... change. I can't demand that they change because 'it's the right thing to do' - I need to find common ground, connect with someone, and then start to share experiences to help with awareness and understanding," Wilkerson said. Caitriona ...

Fidante signs on new partner

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
Challenger's Fidante Partners has signed on a private equity manager focused on food and agribusiness. Fidante will market Minneapolis-headquartered Proterra Investment Partners' Asia Food Strategy to European investors. Proterra has $4.4 billion in ...

Praemium improves on-boarding

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
A new functionality on the Praemium platform is helping financial advisers on-board clients more efficiently. Praemium's integration with Iress' financial planning software Xplan enables advisers to initiate new applications more seamlessly. The new ...