Thereâs growing consensus that police officers are tasked with responding to mental health calls that would be better for counselors to work on. Jackson Police Chief Michelle Weber has a novel idea for a response to that problem.
Town and county departments are mired in budget planning and approval right now, and Weber is asking the Jackson Town Council for a new position, a social worker who can help people in crisis. As it stands, police officers take those calls, but they donât have all the training a counselor might have, and the long calls (often an hour or more) keep them from other public safety business.
“We’re proud of this growth as it demonstrates the significant value advisers and clients are seeing in our platform and our broader wealth management offering.
“We’re seeing that Macquarie’s strong brand in this space, our leading platform, and the access to the deep expertise of our people and the broader insights of Macquarie is an offering that is really resonating with advisers.”
The platform had a 21% market share and had seen growth in the superannuation space with half of funds on the platform attributable to super and pension.
Its Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) had also seen strong growth with FUM surpassing $5 billion.
Macquarie picks up $20b as big banks exit wealth
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Macquarie Group has been a quiet winner of the power vacuum in wealth management, adding $21 billion in assets to its veteran investment platform since March last year as the major banks flee the troubled sector.
It is understood the global investment banking powerhouse has just surpassed $100 billion in funds under administration (FUA) on its Macquarie Wrap platform and will unveil the milestone in its annual report on Friday.
The platform has surged by 26 per cent since March 31, 2020, when it held $79.1 billion in assets, with $8 billion in inflows in the fourth quarter of last year alone and an additional $4 billion-plus in the first three months of 2021.
The Jackson Town Council this week set maximum taxi fares and created a âzone systemâ for ground transportation as part of an overall update to Title 5 of the Jackson Municipal Code.
Title 5 covers business licenses and general business regulations, and town public information officer Carl Pelletier noted in a release that Title 5 âwas long overdue to be revised and updated.â
Town Attorney Lea Colasuonno worked with a consultant to review the entire code over a period of several months, including examining taxi fares governed by Jackson.
The town has regulated taxi fares since 2008.
The update creates six zones, with maximum fares set for rides within and between each one. Beyond setting maximum fares, the new system allows taxi companies to charge $4 for additional passengers above four people.