‘Everyone’s a winner’ in Australia’s PE advice landscape

private-equity/financial-advice/wealth-management/M&A/Ben-Marshan/

Rather than taking a controlling approach, the latest generation of overseas private equity deals is helping advice firms to achieve their growth ambitions, three commentators have said.

AUTHOR

Private markets symbolise ‘next frontier’ in managed accounts

private-markets/managed-accounts/mlc/MLC-Asset-Management/lonsec/

With BlackRock recently combining both private and public markets in a single managed account for US investors, commentators explore the challenges and opportunities of doing so in Australia.

AUTHOR

PM Capital hits back at rejected Platinum bid

PM-Capital/Platinum-Asset-Management/Platinum/LICs/listed-investment-companies/

PM Capital has hit out at Platinum Asset Management, saying the firm only provided “limited engagement” following its bid for two listed investment companies.

AUTHOR

Fitzpatricks Group creates product head position

Fitzpatricks/Fitzpatricks-Group/fitzpatricks-private-wealth/investment-strategy/

Private wealth firm Fitzpatricks Group has appointed a newly created head of product, who previously spent 20 years at CFS, to bolster its range of investment options.

AUTHOR

Platinum outflows steady after manager exits

Platinum/flows/morningstar/FUM/

Platinum Asset Management has seen outflows moderate during March, down 15 per cent from the previous month when it announced two major investment team changes.

AUTHOR

What to know for a first-time ETF listing

cboe/active-ETFs/ETFs/law-firm/

Two listing experts have shared tips for fund managers to consider when it comes to launching their first ETF on an exchange.

AUTHOR

‘This isn’t like MAFS’: Merchant’s Haintz on successful advice M&A

financial-advice/M&A/WT-Financial/AFSL/

Merchant Wealth’s David Haintz has described how the firm differs from the traditional private equity ventures jumping into Australia, and why M&A isn’t like Married at First Sight.

AUTHOR

Count merger strengthens South Australian presence

Countplus/Count-Financial/M&A/mergers-and-acquisitions/Hugh-Humphrey/

An Adelaide-based financial planning and accounting firm is set to merge into Count Adelaide, aligning with Count’s ambitions to form a national footprint of scaled equity partnerships.

AUTHOR

‘Like pigs to slaughter’: ASIC to shut down almost 100 scam websites

ASIC/scams/federal-court/Sarah-Court/

ASIC has been granted permission to shut down almost 100 websites running investment scams, with the Federal Court describing how its victims were “fattened like pigs to slaughter”.

AUTHOR

Over half of inheritors lack ongoing adviser relationship

CoreData/fidelity/Fidelity-International/inheritance/wealth-transfer/intergenerational-wealth/

Despite younger generations representing the largest group of potential inheritors, CoreData has discovered less than half of beneficiaries have professional advice to navigate this transition.

AUTHOR

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 4 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

2 weeks 3 days ago