Private wealth manager Escala Partners has increased its alternatives allocations to more than a third in the past three years, describing the asset class as offering “fertile ground” for diversification.

DASH Technology Group has seen a 49 per cent uplift in its carrying value and is completing a new capital raising, having already received $30 million from growth investor Bailador.

At the halfway point of the year, consolidation pressures continue to drive financial services M&A with three areas identified as targets for asset and wealth managers, according to PwC’s mid-year outlook.

ASIC is calling on licensees to review their client onboarding practices to avoid vulnerabilities associated with share sale fraud, noting particular concerns in the use of white labelling services.

Aussie wealth manager Shaw and Partners has made its entry into the New Zealand market with a 75 per cent acquisition of investment firm Investment Services Group.

After surviving significant evolutions of the Australian financial advice industry, The Advisers Association is now celebrating a century of advocating for advisers.

With advisers expressing a reluctance to invest in cryptocurrency, advised clients are tending to have a smaller allocation to the asset than their unadvised peers.

A panel of advisers have argued charging fees accordingly is a top priority for the industry, but Peloton Partners has found firms are reluctant to increase them until the business pressure is “unavoidable”.

Financial services software and technology provider Fin365 has appointed a new executive chairman to the board to support the firm’s strategic growth plans.

Helped by adviser demand, year-to-date flows into the two-largest ETF providers are more than double the volume they were at the same time last year as Vanguard’s largest ETF passes $20 billion.