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Women advisers drop to 21%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
The number of women working in the financial advice industry has dropped to 21% compared to 25% two years ago. Rainmaker's modelling of the September ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows that only one in five financial advisers out of the total pool ...

Fiducian acquires $1.1bn advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
Fiducian was the successful bidder for the $1.1 billion financial advice subsidiary of a national bank. People's Choice Credit Union (PCCU) has sold its financial advice business to the ASX-listed group, in a move that continues Fiducian's ambitious ...

AMP adds options to MyNorth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... month resulting in a total 150 investments added to the platform in 2021. "The launch of equity managed portfolios on the North platform delivers on our strategy and ongoing commitment to providing advisers and clients with more investment choice," AMP ...

Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
Tasmania has retained its status for the seventh consecutive quarter of having the best-performing economy in Australia, CommSec research shows. In the stockbroker's latest State of the States report, the ACT has retained is second place position ...

Macquarie AM acquires alternative investment group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
Macquarie Asset Management has acquired an independent investment advisory firm delivering private client access to institutional hedge fund, private equity, real estate, and funds-of-funds. It agreed to acquired New York-based Central Park Group for ...

AMP reports mixed quarter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... payments. Still, wealth management assets under management stayed steady throughout the quarter at $131.2 billion, AMP said. The North platform's assets grew to $58.6 billion on the back of higher net cashflows, including $333 million from external ...

Capstone drops jailed adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
Capstone Financial Planning has revoked the authorisation of Mark Babbage, the Victorian financial adviser jailed for breaching Western Australia's strict border restrictions to attend the AFL Grand Final. Financial adviser and broker Mark Babbage ...

CIMIC wins $1.18bn infra upgrade contract

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
CIMIC and Downer's joint venture CPB Contractors has won the New South Wales government's contract to upgrade the Warringah Freeway. CIMIC said the contract has a total value of $1.18 billion and will generate about $800 million in revenue for CPB Contractors. ...

North educational hub registers 5000 users

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... resources to help them deliver great advice and strengthen their businesses is central to our value proposition for the North platform - we believe it's a key differentiator." Through the educationHUB we provide advisers with access to some of the best ...

Wage growth remains low

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
The June quarter saw wages rise a measly 0.4%, lower than the growth of the previous two quarters. "The June quarter saw the rate of growth in hourly earnings ease to 0.4%, following two quarters of 0.6% wage growth. The rate of growth over the quarter ...