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bfinance names client consultant

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... she is thrilled to be joining and building on the company's strong reputation. "Our bespoke service will continue to fill a gap in the Australian market, and I am excited by the opportunity to continue to build on this momentum," she said. She will work ...

Multi-boutique adds investment firms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... boutiques lean, nimble and aligned can also make reaching distribution scale a challenge. Mantis was built to bridge that gap and has been investing heavily in people and systems to create a world class neofund platform."

ISA calls for super tax reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... men. "This proposal will put more money into women's super-balances early in life - going someway to bridge the gender pay gap that unfortunately persists in retirement," Dean said. Women in Super chair Catherine Wood said: "The LISTO is important to ...

Release the Retirement Income Review: Labor

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
Labor MP Stephen Jones has joined ASFA and the Business Council of Australia in demanding the government release the long-awaited Retirement Income Review ahead of more changes to super. Jones, who was speaking at an online event for ASFA, criticised ...

Half of UK pension funds seek buy-out

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... points mean that the additional money a pension scheme needs to get to buy-out is less than it has been in the past. This gap will reduce further as pension schemes mature, as more contributions are paid in and as investment risk is reduced further." ...

Morgan Stanley to acquire Eaton Vance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
Morgan Stanley has entered an agreement to acquire Eaton Vance for close to $10 billion. The two parties have entered a definitive agreement which will see Morgan Stanley advance its plans to have three world-class business units in institutional securities ...

Ratings house launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... research service aiming to offer quality insights into a variety of investment vehicles, particularly targeting the ratings gap in complex products. Evergreen Ratings, a subsidiary of Evergreen Consultants, analyses closed-ended, wholesale, illiquid ...

FPA renews calls for advice definition changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... standard warning about the nature of the advice they are receiving. Last year ASIC released a report Financial advice: Mind the gap which highlighted how consumers are unfamiliar with the concepts of general and personal advice. The report echoed the ...

AMP Capital launches infra debt strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... infrastructure equity sponsors who are also increasingly active in the region," he said. "We recognise there is currently a funding gap for infrastructure projects in Asia, and that's why we are making the region a key strategic priority. "AMP Capital ...

Liberman firm backs non-bank lender

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... guarantee scheme and the support from the Australian Office of Financial Management have helped immensely to fill the funding gap that was caused by the crisis. The role of technology enabled lenders, such as Lumi, as a competitor and driver of innovation ...