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BlackRock to cull 3% of global workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... third instance in the past year for BlackRock, following a cut of 500 positions last January and another headcount trim in June due to budget reallocations. BlackRock had 19,800 employees at the end of December 2022, according to a filing with the US ...

ASIC permanently bans adviser who stole client funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... financial services business. ASIC said he is not a fit and proper person to provide financial services. Between May 2017 and June 2022, Pagliaccio was found to have engaged in dishonest and deceptive and misleading conduct related to a financial product ...

Former adviser misled ASIC during investigation: Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... affected and some $3.5 million invested was not approved by Shaw and Partners. He was banned from leaving the country in June. On December 14, Ridgway appeared at the Southport Magistrates Court in Queensland. He was charged on two counts of providing ...

What you read in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... superannuation statistics, encircle Super held 7612 member accounts and assets under management of $2.7 billion as of 30 June 2022. Meanwhile, Centric Super has just shy of 1000 accounts and $9 billion funds under administration. 4) Industry fund merger ...

Former AMP adviser banned by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... Financial Adviser Register, Mink was a Certified Financial Planner and member of the Finance Brokers Association of Australia. In June, ASIC issued banning orders against Mink, who subsequently challenged these decisions at the Administrative Appeals ...

NAB, Jarden to launch NZ wealth business

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... meet the wealth management needs of our customers." Reliant on regulatory approvals, the deal is expected to complete in June 2024. NAB executive private wealth and JBWere chief executive Michael Saadie said: "We're pleased JBWere New Zealand will be ...

AMP revamps Jigsaw Advice Solutions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... more practices with the support they need to achieve their business ambitions - be that growth, efficiency or exit." As at June end, there were 105 self-licensed advisers using Jigsaw's support services.

Hostplus ups fees on socially responsible option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... are higher, it means these investments have added value to members' accounts overall," Hostplus said. In the year to June 30, the option achieved a return of 7.85%. Its return target is rather conservative at CPI plus 3% over 20 years. The fund said ...

Advisers, accountants ramp up partnerships

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... in November, while member firm CP1 acquired RHA Associates, a Sydney-based accounting firm for $1,022,000. At the end of June, Count completed eight acquisitions and one merger of accounting firms to own a total of 18. For advisers looking to sell their ...

Fahour takes top job at Gurner Group

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... enter a joint venture with Malaysian developer OSK Property to build and operate a $2.8 billion Melbourne Square precinct. In June, GQ expanded its pipeline to 3650 apartments in both Melbourne and Brisbane, in a bid to deliver "much needed apartment ...