Submissions open for Fund Manager of the Year 2025

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Nominations and submissions have now opened for the annual Fund Manager of the Year Awards, to be held on 26 June 2025.

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Atrium picks Russell Investments for strategy development

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Atrium Investment Management, part of Fitzpatricks Financial Group, has selected Russell Investments to enhance personalised investment solutions and opportunities for its clients.

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MA Financial & WAM launch listed investment vehicles

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MA Financial Group’s new listed investment trust has hit the ASX, while Wilson Asset Management confirms the upcoming launch of its ninth listed investment company.

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Enhancing returns in fixed income markets

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Active management in fixed income remains a compelling strategy, leveraging market inefficiencies to generate excess returns and manage risk, often more effectively than passive alternatives, writes Adam Whiteley.

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Farewell AMP as Entireti renames advice division

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Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year.

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How to be a ‘sale-ready’ financial advice practice

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Financial advice businesses are being urged to create an information memorandum for their practices to ensure they are “sale-ready” at all times amid the current opportunistic M&A climate.

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Count CEO on the high cost to scale up an AFSL

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The financial advice market remains very fragmented compared to other industries, according to Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey, and licensees need deep pockets if they want to scale up.

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BlackRock completes acquisition of research house Preqin

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BlackRock has completed its acquisition of private markets research house and data provider Preqin, having first been announced last July.

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Global X hires senior BDM to drive growth

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Global X has appointed a former senior Selfwealth BDM to its sales team as it targets $11 billion in assets under management by the year’s end.

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WGEA publishes latest financial and insurance services gender pay gap

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The latest gender pay gap data for Australia has flagged the ongoing challenges in pay equity in financial and insurance services, with women in the sector earning 22.2 per cent less than their male counterparts.

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