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Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... of Planet Earth were beginning to enjoy their new-found freedom - through herd immunity, increased vaccinations and/or learning to live with Delta - comes a new kid in town. And it's name is Omicron. The discovery of this coronavirus variant - first ...

Pinnacle acquires private equity firm stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... targets high-growth, technology companies. It has 15 private equity and 17 venture capital investments to date, including learning platform Education Perfect and fashion retailer Universal Store. It recently divested Zenith Investment Partners from its ...

Super funds failing three-day transfer requirement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
Trading platform Stake - which has a DIY super offering - has called out some of the largest super funds, saying they are failing to roll over members to its SMSF offering in the required three days. Since October 1, APRA regulated super funds have ...

PADUA closes capital raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
The financial advice software company completed a $9.8 million capital raising with significant input from institutional investors. Acorn Capital provided a $4 million investment while Microequities' Private to Beyond the IPO fund and PADUA's corporate ...

Australian philanthropy awards winners announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... wife Gina, the 75-year-old seasoned philanthropist said that a lifetime doing philanthropy has also been a lifetime of learning about philanthropy. "I've learned along the way," Fairfax said. "I think it's just evolved, and it's evolved from meeting ...

BT Practice Principals' Community goes independent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... provide quality advice businesses the framework that facilitates the connectivity of business leaders to share insights, learning, challenges and opportunities," he said. "In addition, the community has a strong focus on the ongoing professional development ...

Trustees Executors awards technology mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
... with front-to-back asset class support within a single intuitive platform. The Aloha offering from SS&C uses machine learning, predictive analytics, natural language processing and intelligent workflow technologies. "Of the solutions we reviewed, SS&C ...

CBA takes stake in AI firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... minority stake in a Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform. H2O.ai operates a cloud-based machine learning platform, H2O AI Cloud, and employs some of the world's top data scientists. The partnership will see CBA implement H2O AI ...

Financial Standard, Deakin University partner

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
Financial Standard and Deakin University have partnered to improve students' learning experience through the integration of financial advice continuing professional development (CPD), and education capabilities. Financial advisers completing CPD ...

Advisers closer to professionalisation: FASEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021
... Register have an approved or relevant degree. Another 50% of advisers with no degree have received recognition for prior learning. Nearly all (99%) of practising advisers have completed their minimum 40-hour CPD requirements. Since its establishment ...