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Count completes Diverger acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... $1.3651 for every Diverger share following a 99.97% approval from shareholders in January. The Federal Court approved the deal on February 15. Count expects to incur $8 million in one-off transaction and integration costs. This excludes Diverger transaction ...

ASIC takes further action on Prospero

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... appoint liquidators. Prospero's AFSL enabled it to issue and make a market in derivatives and foreign exchange contracts, deal in derivatives and foreign exchange contracts on behalf of clients and provide financial product advice in relation to these ...

Aware, Macquarie partner on green finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
Aware Super has inked a US$50 million deal to buy a specialty infrastructure finance company alongside Macquarie Asset Management's (MAM) Green Investment Group (GIG). Aware's private equity team will co-invest in Galway Sustainable Capital ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
Former Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch has been appointed by the Albanese government to lead its Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CLSR). The scheme, which officially kicks off on April 2, aims to give ...

Wingate-backed non-bank lender prices $1bn RMBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... with integrity and transparency." Wells said the same themes underpinned the three-year period prior to this inaugural term deal. He also revealed that ORDE is preparing to launch an innovative and "much needed" scalable retail investor product in ORDE's ...

How advisers protect themselves from 'rogue' clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
Financial advisers should not overlook simple yet powerful strategies when it comes to protecting themselves from "rogue" clients, according to a law expert. Peter Bobbin, a consultant lawyer at Sydney-based Bobbin Lawyers, highlighted several methods ...

Proposed super tax requires perspective: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
Members must look beyond the "doom and gloom" of the superannuation tax leaping from 15% to 30% and not be scared off from using SMSFs as an alternative retirement savings vehicle, according to an expert. Presenting at the SMSF Association National ...

Insignia details transformation progress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... with adviser sentiment positive. It is on-track for profitability and separation this time next year, it said. Meanwhile, a deal to sell its stake in Godfrey Pembroke was officially signed this month, with a view to being finalised next month. Underlying ...

SMSFA reappoints Hay-Bartlem as chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... estate planning and succession. This includes assisting accountants, financial advisers, lawyers, and others help clients deal with these issues. He also leads the law firm's commercial and private client workgroup. Hay-Bartlem said he is "honoured ...

ANZ gets green light for Suncorp merger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... decision. This morning, ACT deputy president justice John Halley said there were sufficient "net public benefits" to allow the deal to go ahead. "The tribunal has concluded that the small increase in the market share of ANZ, if the proposed acquisition ...