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Iress sticks to simplification plan, will consider "bona fide" takeover bids

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026

Iress is firmly focused on simplifying its software portfolio, centering it around wealth and trading and market data, while saying it will consider any bona fide takeover proposals consistent with its fiduciary duties. It has reported a profit of $79.3 ...

Centrepoint Alliance, Count see strong earnings growth

MATTHEW WAI | TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026

Both financial advice groups have reported strong first-half performance, underpinned by heightened demand for advice and the expansion of their adviser networks. In the first half of FY26, Centrepoint Alliance's gross revenue rose 12% from the ...

Centrepoint offloads lending solutions business

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026

Centrepoint Alliance will offload its lending solutions business to Astute Financial Management to solely focus on licensee services, financial advice, managed accounts and platforms. Under the agreement, Centrepoint said it will retain the lending-as-a-service ...

First half steady, net inflows positive for Fiducian

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026

... has four core funds - Capital Stable, Balanced, Growth and Ultra Growth. During November 2025, the strategies experienced sharp declines in risk assets or equity investments. "[We] believe, may be due to investor doubts about whether prior significant ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS | TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026

... the currency interventions in the Japanese yen. "Positioning in the Japanese yen remains a modest underweight. There was a sharp rebound in demand for equities in Australia and New Zealand, where currency positioning is also extended in the Australian ...

ASIC welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026

The Treasurer has appointed a new chair to replace Joe Longo who will serve a period of five years starting on June 1. Sarah Court has been promoted to the top role after serving as deputy chair. Treasurer Jim Chlamer said the Albanese Government will ...

Hiring for risk, member services to take off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026

... belt tightening to one of greater optimism and opportunity. As for where those opportunities lie, Kaizen said there was a sharp uptick at the end of 2025 in the number of wrap platforms hiring for risk roles. This came in the wake of the Shield and First ...

Gold soars over Trump's Greenland rhetoric

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026

... "However, with gold being one of the best performing assets of the past 12 months, a true, tail-risk scenario could trigger sharp pullbacks as investors liquidate portfolios and return to cash," he said. "We would view any such dislocations as a buying ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026

... customise that and be specific around what they're looking for and build a mandate that probably is priced reasonably sharp, and to their requirements," he said. The use and influence of asset consultant among licensees is another growing trend. ...

Study reveals who bares brunt of US tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026

Contrary to US government rhetoric, the cost of US import tariffs is not borne by foreign exporters, according to new research from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The report revealed that instead, they hit the American economy itself. The ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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