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Former AFA president Dugald Mitchell remembered

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... standards in the 80s and 90s, he was tireless in his efforts to present advice as a profession," former AFA national president Marc Bineham said at the time. Mitchell lived most of his life in the southern New South Wales town of Cooma. His funeral will ...

Platinum AM chief executive steps down

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
Platinum Asset Management chief executive Andrew Clifford has announced he will vacate the top job but remain as co-chief investment officer. The board confirmed it will shortly commence the hunt for Platinum's next chief and said Clifford will ...

Australian Retirement Trust completes Woolworths, Endeavour merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has finalised its merger with Woolworths and Endeavour Group, adding over 25,000 new members. Following the successor fund transfer (SFT) with Woolworths and Endeavour, ART's funds under management increased by ...

Platform comparison fintech launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
SuitabilityHub, a new fintech that allows financial advisers to compare platform providers' features and takes the focus off fees, has launched to financial advisers. SuitabilityHub is a one-stop shop that drills down on platform providers' ...

AMP settles class action for $110m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
AMP has put to bed a class action relating to fee for no service scandals and misleading regulators as exposed by the Royal Commission but claims no responsibility in settling for $110 million. The class action filed in June 2018, affected AMP shareholders ...

Westpac reports $1.8bn net profit, rise in stressed assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
Westpac has posted a net profit of $1.8 billion for 3Q23, driven by steady operating revenue and disciplined margin management. Despite inflationary headwinds which led to a rise in expenses by approximately 5% for the second half of 2023 compared to ...

Iress sells MFA business, reports $140m loss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
Iress is selling its managed funds administration business and will not pay an interim dividend, opting instead to reduce debt as it progresses its transformation project. Reporting its half-year results today, Iress announced it will offload the MFA ...

Magellan performance halves across the board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
As Magellan Financial Group's funds under management and profit drastically decline, its investments in Barrenjoey Capital Partners and FinClear also took a toll on its 2023 financial year performance. The group's average funds under management ...

Madison FG, Godfrey Pembroke's PDG combine services

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
Madison Financial Group has joined forces with Godfrey Pembroke's Practice Development Group (PDG), consolidating their operational and AFSL services to create a new entity providing back-office services to their financial advice networks. Madison ...

Netwealth gears up to relaunch Core, market share expands

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
Netwealth will relaunch its Core offering in September, aiming to grow its footprint in the mass affluent and emerging affluent segments, driving new revenues and boosting net inflows. The wealth management company today reported a record funds under ...