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HUB24 lifts inflows, profit flat

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The platform provider recorded a significant jump in platform inflows and funds under management while profit remained flat, according to its half-year results. Platform inflows jumped 24% to $3.1 billion on the 12 months prior while funds under management ...

CountPlus profit down 53%

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group posted a significant drop in net profit from $11.9 million to $5.5 million in its half-year results. Released today, the results also show adjusted net profit attributable to shareholders jumped 65% to $4.1 ...

ASIC zeroes in on bad SMSF advice, conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The corporate regulator continues to hunt down perpetrators that give bad advice to self-managed super funds, sounding a warning that it is flexing its new powers in superannuation. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press told the recent SMSF Association's ...

J.P. Morgan custody exec retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
A long-standing J.P. Morgan executive in its securities service business has retired after nearly 20 years with the company. Bryan Gray spent close to 20 years at J.P. Morgan, which is the largest custodian in Australia. Prior to this, he spent about ...

Industry fund expands leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
A $16 billion superannuation fund has welcomed two members to its executive team, as well as a portfolio manager from Victorian Funds Management Corporation. Sam Horskins is the new chief financial officer at CareSuper, overlooking the statutory and ...

Wealth group makes acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
A subsidiary of ASX-listed accounting firm Kelly+Partners has made a tuck-in acquisition of a financial services group on the New South Wales Central Coast. The subsidiary will acquire a 51% stake in the group which includes private wealth management ...

Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
No more tears, fears... and hopefully snap lockdowns. Today, 22 February 2021, will go down in Australian history as VAC (vaccine against covid-19) Day (although Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly and 84-year-old ...

BOQ acquires ME Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
Bank of Queensland has acquired industry super-owned ME Bank for $1.325 billion. The move sees BOQ acquire 100% of ME Bank for $1.325 billion cash, funded by an underwritten capital raising of $1.35 billion. The price represents 1.15 times ME's ...

360 Capital fund buys stake in NZ manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
360 Capital's REIT has acquired a 50% stake in a real estate fund manager. The 360 Capital REIT (ASX: TOT) acquired half of PMG Funds, which is based in New Zealand and has NZ$665 million in total funds under management. The sale price of NZ$17.5 million ...

Netwealth cash margin could squeeze

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
Netwealth's revenue from its cash transaction accounts could fall in the next year as the risk of ANZ Bank renegotiating the rate rises, according to Macquarie. Netwealth had $38.8 billion in total funds under advice at December end. Of this, about ...