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Platinum's FUM dips below $14bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
Platinum Investment Management's funds under management took a $1.65 billion hit to finish at $13.5 billion at the end of April. Most of the outflows came from an unnamed institutional investor walking away and product rationalisation initiatives ...

Experts weigh in: Will the RBA hike rates again?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rate unchanged at the May meeting, as was widely expected by economists. But some have suggested another hike could be on the horizon given less than optimistic inflation data which rose 1% in the March ...

HESTA names chief financial officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
With 20 years of experience spanning the finance, healthcare and government sectors, Natalie Kelly was appointed finance chief after serving in an interim capacity since March. Kelly joined the $82 billion industry super fund after Sally Collins quit ...

Count renews Iress contract

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
Count has renewed its contract with Iress to continue to provide software to its 550 financial adviser network. Count's financial advisers will continue to use Iress' Xplan, saying that it wanted to partner with the right provider to support ...

Macquarie Group profits falls 32% to $3.52bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
Macquarie Group has reported a net profit of $3.52 billion for the year ending 31 March 2024, a 32% decrease from the previous year. The firm's assets under management increased to $938.3 billion, up 7% from 31 March 2023, but primarily due to favourable ...

Count upgrades synergy benefits after Diverger acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
Count has updated the expected cost synergy benefits expected to be achieved following the acquisition of Diverger. It said annualised expected cost savings had been upgraded to approximately $4 million by FY25, which is an increase from the initial ...

Rainmaker Information names research head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
Rainmaker Information will welcome Aman Ramrakha as executive director, research this month. Ramrakha will take over the role formerly held by Rainmaker Information co-founder Alex Dunnin, who retired from the company in March this year. Commencing ...

Former Diverger managing director joins VBP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
David Carney is stepping back from managing Vital Business Partners (VBP), appointing Nathan Jacobsen to take over as chief executive. Carney co-founded VBP in 2013, leading it as chief executive ever since. Now, he has decided to step back from the ...

Insignia FUM grows by $11bn, completes platform migration

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
Insignia Financial saw funds under management increase by $11.7 billion (up 3.9%) to $312.3 billion as at March 31, and has completed the migration of MLC Wrap to Expand. Total net outflows for the quarter were $1.7 billion, largely reflecting the transitory ...

ART reduces admin fees for high balance accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will be reducing the maximum account balance for the percentage administration fee from $800,000 to $500,000. Currently, the percentage fee applies to the first $800,000 of member account balances in each Super Savings ...