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Centrepoint Alliance locks in hundreds of Brighter Super advice clients

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
Centrepoint Alliance, which entered into an agreement to acquire the advice book of Brighter Super, has confirmed that most eligible members opted to stay in the transition. Centrepoint Alliance snaped up the comprehensive advice book of ESI Financial ...

DeepSeek, Alibaba: Silver linings for emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... supportive of the government. There was also a change in regulations and questions around whether it should list as a tech company or a bank," Whiting said. During his sabbatical, Ma reportedly taught and conducted research at universities while Alibaba ...

MA Financial eyes acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... been entered into and there is no certainty that these discussions will result in a transaction," MA Financial said. "The company will continue to keep the market informed in accordance with its continuous disclosure obligations." This comes after MA ...

Bell Asset Management names head of retail sales

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... has welcomed Andrew Stewart in the newly created role. The appointment forms part of a broader strategy to bolster the company's internal capabilities and drive growth across its global equities platform - particularly its high-conviction small- and ...

Managed funds should be 'prepared to take less'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... (ETFs) took aim at managed fund fee structures. During a "debate" over ETFs versus LICs, Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC) managing director Mark Freeman and VanEck deputy head of investments Jamie Hannah agreed that managed funds have ...

Scrutiny, costs major hurdles to boosting IPOs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... and its clients - but it's less positive for listed companies. This is because those investors typically are not on a company's share register, so it makes many companies' registers more opaque. "That may not be a bad thing, but when you have investors ...

Alternatives spark 'real' opportunities for HNW advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... the public markets, with Praemium saying advisers should look to capitalise from this trend. The research follows the company's recent report on HNW clients leaning towards investing in non-custody assets, which include alternatives. Praemium revealed ...

Size of super impacting capital markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... in Australian markets is a concern. "The growth engine of the Australian listed markets has been a small cap to big cap company. So not every company started their life as an ASX 200 company. They actually grew. They started with something. So, we need ...

Hearts & Minds chief exits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
Hearts & Minds (HM1) chief executive Brett Jollie will step down, having held the role for less than a year. The board said it would restructure the leadership team, transitioning from a full-time chief executive role to a more "streamlined model". ...

Former adviser accused of theft loses lengthy extradition fight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
A former financial adviser now residing in New Zealand lost a bid to stop her from being extradited to Australia to face 136 charges related to the alleged theft of clients' retirement savings. Marion Joan Pearson, formerly based in Perth, is accused ...