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Adviser numbers plateau

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... shows that the population dipped 2% from 15,881 this time last year. The numbers appear to waver around this figure as in mid-2023, when the FAR recorded about 15,708 advisers. AMP Financial Planning continues to hold the top spot with 472 representatives ...

MLC Private Equity launches insto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
A new private equity fund launched by MLC Private Equity has raised US$762 million ($1.2bn). The fund, MLC Private Equity Partners, invests in global middle-market private equity opportunities and co-investments in sectors such as healthcare, technology ...

Powell backflips on rates pushing back RBA cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has changed his tune over the possibility of upcoming interest rate cuts, which means it could be an even longer wait here in Australia. Powell said recent US inflation data had not given policymakers enough confidence ...

Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
Income inequality is too high and continues to balloon in 60% of low- and middle-income countries studied by Oxfam International, tipping the Gini coefficient well above acceptable levels. Oxfam found that income inequality is rampant among 64 out of ...

ASIC chief executive to depart

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... experience in financial market development, regulation, and supervision. Yanco has informed ASIC that he expects to retire in mid-2025. A local and global search for a permanent chief executive will commence in early 2025. Meantime, after more than 25 ...

GBST develops private equity platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Wealth management software business GBST has collaborated with Luna Partners to create a technology platform that connects investors and managers to the wholesale private equity market. The cloud-based SaaS platform will open investment opportunities ...

Nest appoints interim chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
Ian Cornelius will become interim chief executive on 1 May 2024 following a short handover period from Helen Dean who will leave Nest at the end of this month. Cornelius brings 25 years of experience in senior executive roles with leading financial ...

Perennial renews contract with SS&C

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
Perennial Partners has reappointed SS&C Technologies Holdings as its unit registry services provider. The fund manager is sticking with SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS), which will provide unit registry services for its exchange-traded ...

Legalsuper names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... alternatives at Future Fund, a role he took on after serving as director, portfolio strategy for one year. He left Future Fund in mid-2022, becoming a Fellow of US think tank AIF Global's Center for Private Capital Investing. Previously, he spent more ...

Jo Townsend named chief executive of NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... Townsend - chief executive of Funds SA for eight years - left the $42 billion institutional investor of public sector funds in mid-2023. She replaces Whineray who resigned from his role at NZ Super last May after 15 years with the super fund and five ...