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Centrepoint Alliance acquires two advice firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
Centrepoint Alliance will acquire Queensland financial advice practices Cairns Wealth and Pinnacle Wealth for $3 million from Astute Financial Management. The two practices, which operate within the Astute network, will add three advisers to Centrepoint ...

Partners Wealth Group unveils new identity for Partners Private

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2026
... increasing regulatory expectations across the wealth management sector, the firm explained. Under the new structure, Brett Cairns, former chief executive of Magellan Financial Group, has been appointed chair for the board, alongside non-executive director ...

EWM to buy three advice firms

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... led by principal Helen Postle; and Your Wealth Life, led by Megan Neale. These acquisitions follow recent mergers with Cairns-based MTP Financial and Wealthmed, located on the Sunshine Coast. In support of the new partnerships, MTP Financial partner ...

QIC harvests rare earth elements to turbocharge net zero transition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... Technology Fund (QCMBTF) to support Ark Mines' Sandy Mitchell Rare Earths Project. The project, located 230km northwest of Cairns, contains significant resources of rare earth elements (REEs) hosted in mineral sands, including magnet metals such ...

Cairns resurfaces at Associate Global Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
Former Magellan Financial Group chief executive Brett Cairns has popped up on multi-boutique Associate Global Partners' (AGP) board. Cairns, who led Magellan from 2018 and 2021 when he departed for personal reasons, is officially a non-executive ...

New framework for investors to navigate AI released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... engagement with company management on AI implementation and RAI practices. Alphinity head of ESG and sustainability Jessica Cairns said it was important to proactively investigate and understand risks and opportunities given the rapid uptake of AI. "The ...

Magellan reverts to old leadership model

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... control, sparked by losing a massive mandate in late 2021 that led to more investors fleeing and key people such as Brett Cairns leaving. Meanwhile, Andrew Formica has been appointed non-executive chair, taking over from Hamish McLennan, who becomes ...

AI in ESG: Risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... of AI across various sectors. "AI is certainly being used in the market to help with ESG issues right now," said Jessica Cairns, head of ESG and sustainability at Alphinity. "There is an opportunity to use AI tools for ESG analysis and risk management ...

Centuria launches new unlisted industrial fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... supply." Furthermore, Mackay is strategically positioned to service a significant North Queensland catchment area including Cairns, Townsville, and Mount Isa, he added. "Centuria continues to seek out strategically located, fit-for-purpose industrial ...

Hamish Douglass sells $118m in Magellan shares

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... confidence, with Magellan suffering billions in outflows following his departure and that of former chief executive Brett Cairns. October proved kinder to the fund manager, reporting a slight increase in its funds under management to $51 billion from ...
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