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WAM Global to acquire LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... buy-back that Templeton has agreed to do. TGG directors, who have been considering the discounted LIC's options since October 2020, are endorsing WGB's offer. On completion, TGG chair Chris Freeman will join the WGB board and WAM will manage ...

ASI product development lead exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... exited on their own accord or have been made redundant. Several exits were prompted by the appointment of Stephen Bird in October 2020 as group chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA), the parent company of ASI, who is spearheading a shakeup ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... regulator opened consultation on plans to force sub-£100 million workplace pension schemes to justify their existence. From October this year, these plans must pass a series of value-for-member tests. If they fail the tests and fail to take immediate ...

Charter Hall exec to chair NHFIC board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... recently crossed $2 billion in debt issuance, whose investors have included superannuation funds like Cbus and UniSuper. In October last year, the minister for housing Michael Sukkar appointed Commonwealth officer Robert Jeremenko as a board observer. ...

ASIC removes Societe Generale restrictions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... requirements of the Corporations Act 2001. According to ASIC, Societe Generale successfully fulfilled the conditions. In October, Societe Generale pleaded guilty to four counts of client money obligation breaches in Sydney's local court and has been ...

CountPlus acquisitions boost revenue by $9.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... Matthew Rowe said the group has a pipeline of 73 firms and 197 advisers thanks to its aggressive expansion strategy. "Since October 2019, around half of our original adviser cohort have retired or left, and we have brought in 107 new advisers with a ...

Aussie PE, VC assets hit milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... Australia. In terms of farmland assets, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets closed its $1 billion MIRA Agriculture Fund in October 2019, outpacing New Forests' Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 3 with $873 million and Pacific Equity Partners' ...

ASIC releases ongoing fee obligations guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... renewal period. As an example, if the anniversary day is 1 July 2023, the client will need to respond in writing by 28 October 2023 to renew the arrangement. If they do not respond by this date, the ongoing fee arrangement will terminate on 27 November ...

Advisers win annual renew law relief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... might make FDSs more manual than usual during this transition year." As an example, an FDS year that covers the period 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021 will need the adviser to use the actual fee data for the first 10 months (1 October 2020 to 31 ...

FinClear to acquire BNY subsidiary

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... the $20 million raised from the Magellan Financial Group when it joined the share register as a strategic investor last October. "We have the capital, the systems, technology and the expertise to integrate Pershing Australia clients into FinClear's ...