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abrdn sells local trustee business

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
MSC Trustees has acquired abrdn's Australian trustee entity, becoming the corporate trustee of 10 funds. The fund book, comprising $1.5 billion in funds under management, includes the abrdn Sustainable Asian Opportunities Fund, abrdn Sustainable ...

Equity Trustees reviews UK, Ireland businesses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
EQT Holdings, the parent company of Equity Trustees, is reviewing its investment and scrutinising the future of its operations in the UK and Ireland. Equity Trustees' managing director Mick O'Brien commented: "While the businesses are now well established ...

ALRC to simplify, restructure advice laws

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
The Australian Law Reform Commission's (ALRC) third and final interim report is proposing to restructure and simplify financial advice regulation after finding the industry is regulated very differently to other financial services sectors. Interim ...

NAB progresses closure of custody arm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
NAB has confirmed it is on track with the wind down of its asset servicing business, including helping its existing clients in selecting a new custodian. As part of an agreement, NAB Asset Servicing is referring some of its clients to Citi and giving ...

Macquarie shifts toward AI-first banking

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
In partnership with Google Cloud, Macquarie Bank said it will use new artificial intelligence and machine learning in its app to improve the client experience. The bank explained this includes "predictive analysis models" to provide targeted in-app ...

Bravura chief executive to leave

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
Libby Roy has stepped down as Bravura Solutions' chief executive and managing director, less than 12 months into the role. Roy became Bravura's chief executive at the end of August 2022 after serving as a non-executive director for two and a half years. ...

AMP rolls out new North features

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
In a bid to improve advice practice efficiency, AMP introduced a new Record of Advice (ROA) process to the platform, while also upgrading its MyNorth Lifetime Super Calculator. The new ROA template contains pre-formatted tables and charts detailing ...

APAC now most active region for VC: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
APAC venture capital (VC) assets under management climbed to $1.21 trillion in September last year, surpassing North America's $1.04 trillion. According to Preqin's Alternatives in APAC 2023 report, since the pandemic, APAC has overtaken North ...

Family offices look to infrastructure for alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Family offices are increasingly allocating to infrastructure and shunning more risky alternatives such as venture capital and hedge funds, a new BlackRock report shows. Infrastructure will be a pivotal alpha-generating strategy for family offices this ...

GQ Multifamily platform boost BTR pipeline

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
Gurner and Qualitas-backed GQ build-to-rent (BTR) platform has expanded its pipeline to 3650 apartments in Brisbane and Melbourne, in a bid to deliver "much needed apartment stock" to the market. The news comes after GQ Multifamily announced the closure ...