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Equity Story to buy advisory firm Baker Young

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... signals a new phase of growth, ambition, and capability for Equity Story. This opportunity expands our wealth advisory platform, strengthens our corporate advisory reach, and delivers national scale - all while remaining deeply aligned with our mission ...

Macquarie divests North America, Europe asset management units to Nomura

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... management (AUM). Nomura will acquire the business in its entirety, including all assets, teams, offices and operating platform. There are about 700 employees affected. About 50% of the business comes from equities, 40% from fixed income and 10% is multi-asset. ...

Analyst promotions: TCorp, Future Fund, CareSuper, Fidante, First Sentier

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... role at a Swedish government agency charged with conducting due diligence on funds sitting on the Swedish pension funds platform. Kretchmann has arrived at FTN Fondtorgsnämnden as a funds analyst, having previously spent eight years at Fidante. He joined ...

Mercer promotes wealth management lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
Mercer Pacific has promoted Luke Fitzgerald, its head of wealth management, to partner. In the announcement, Mercer emphasised Fitzgerald's significant role over the past 15 years in expanding the firm's wealth management client base and supporting ...

AMP super and investments business see more outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... fees, strong investment performance and a competitive insurance offer helping to drive retention." The wealth manager's platform business saw net cashflows of $740 million, up from $201 million in the prior corresponding period. "We have seen the positive ...

Challenger posts mixed Q3 FY25 result

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
Challenger saw strong growth in annuity sales but its assets and funds under management fell in the third quarter of FY25. Challenger's funds under management were $115.2 billion, a $5.9 billion drop, mainly due to negative market movements, but also ...

Shield Master Fund terminated, new receivers for Keystone Asset Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
The Shield Master Fund (SMF) has been terminated while its responsible entity Keystone Asset Management (KAM) has been appointed a new receiver and administrator. The troubled SMF was terminated on April 10 after the new receiver, Alvarez & Marsal ...

Japan's first digital investment platform for private assets goes live

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
Tokyo-based financial services firm Keyaki Capital has launched what its describes as a "first of its kind" online platform to exclusively offer private equity, private credit, and other private asset investment funds to Japanese high-net-worth investors. ...

New government must prioritise payday super: SMC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... banking system, which is not optimised to meet the aims of the policy. "While investment in developing the New Payments Platform (NPP) banking system to enable a wholesale migration to data-rich real-time payments continues, this technology is currently ...

Aussies prefer advisers, analyst notes over social media

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
Australians shun social media and turn to market research and financial advisers for investment information and education, a new survey from HSBC Australia reveals. The annual Investor Insights Survey, which canvassed more than 1000 investors aged 18 ...