Which financial advice players are driving new entrant growth?

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With new entrant numbers up 90 for the calendar YTD, Wealth Data has revealed the top licensee owners that have onboarded new advisers.

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Sequoia moves ‘onto the freeway’ after turbulent period

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Sequoia Financial Group’s business simplification program has led to a strong profit growth for the first half of FY25, saying it is “out of the congestion and onto the freeway”.

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Australian Ethical flags private markets expansion

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Australian Ethical has become the latest fund manager to flag an expansion of its private markets range while reporting a 50 per cent rise in statutory net profit after tax in the first half of FY25.

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PM Capital bids for 2 Platinum LICs

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PM Capital’s Global Opportunities Fund has made a binding offer to acquire the two listed investment companies run by Platinum Asset Management.

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TAL appoints 2 to board

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TAL has appointed two experienced financial services professionals to its board including a new chair for the business to replace Mark Joiner.

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Relative Return Unplugged: Is ASIC making super funds enemies with private market crackdown?

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In this episode of Relative Return Unplugged, hosts Maja Garaca Djurdjevic and Keith Ford discuss the corporate

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Court takes latest action in Shield Master Fund case

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The Federal Court has frozen the assets of two individuals, Ferras Merhi and Osama Saad, for their connections to the troubled Shield Master Fund.

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Doomed KKR deal causes 65% fall in Perpetual profit

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Costs associated with the failed KKR deal have caused Perpetual’s statutory net profit after tax to more than halve to $12 million for the first half of FY25.

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AMP’s offshoring move slammed as ‘terrible outcome’ by FSU

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The Finance Union Sector has criticised AMP’s decision to move jobs offshore and questioned “what they will strip away next” in the ongoing business simplification.

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Why did Regal back out of Platinum bid?

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Regal Partners has expanded on its decision to walk away from a potential acquisition of Platinum as it shares its full-year results.

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