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Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... planners, who either have pre-approved lines of liquidity or directly hold enough cash to pick up practices. AZ Next Generation Advisory chief executive Paul Barrett said his firm is taking note of practices which stand-out despite the many competing ...

Processes are the problem, not people: Count Financial

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... trusted converged accounting and advice businesses," Kennedy said. To help its advice businesses prepare for the next generation of financial advisers, Count Financial also revealed it had developed a new adviser training and support program.

New Future Fund chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
The Future Fund, Australia's sovereign wealth fund, has appointed a new chief executive, promoting its chief investment officer to the role. Chair of the Future Fund Board of Guardians Peter Costello announced the appointment of Raphael Arndt as ...

Northern Trust takes report centre to the cloud

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... service with a redesigned interface, enhanced scheduling and interactive reporting, and event and time-based report generation triggers. The firm applied a "human-centred" design approach to the redesign of the tool, and which it said allowed it to create ...

FPA launches new ROA solution template

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... withdrawal is made. The FPA partnered with fintech providers to make the template available in the modelling and advice generation systems they already use. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said the digital ROA template is one of the many initiatives ...

New buyers for Sargon businesses confirmed

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... of standards for all stakeholders, including our clients and members," Kibble said. "We believe the proprietary next generation trustee infrastructure that Sargon has developed to be world-class technology," Wasserman said. "As the new owner, PIP brings ...

Aussie banks battered by pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... ongoing credit support to the broader economy," he said. Lower earnings in recent periods has put pressure on capital generation and their ability to sustain dividends, Dring argued. "The banks are engaged in a delicate balancing act between the needs ...

AZ NGA makes 64th acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has acquired a material interest in a risk advice business with offices in Sydney and Brisbane. Certe Wealth Protection is a specialist risk insurance advice business that currently employs four advisers and seven ...

Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... expenditure is unequaled in Australian history. "We are headed for a trillion dollar debt. It is a bill that will saddle a generation," Albanese said. Labor will seek to have more Australians eligible for the government's JobKeeper wage subsidy. In particular ...

Pandemic response concerns overblown

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... from mental health to domestic violence," he noted. "So, some of the jobs saved now will be returning benefits for a generation."