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VFMC fills new head of asset classes role

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has tapped an internal candidate to step into the newly minted role of head of asset classes. Mark Aarons has been chosen to take on the role. Aarons joined VFMC in the role of head of investment risk in ...

Wholesale investor test changes on ice: Parliamentary committee

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
An overhaul of the wholesale investor test thresholds is on ice but potential major changes are still on the agenda, a parliamentary hearing confirmed this morning. Sitting on the committee, senator Paul Scarr said while there has been public debate ...

Under the hood of a top global fundie

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
Investment management firm GQG Partners has achieved extraordinary success across its core strategies - global equity, international equity, emerging markets equity, and US equity. All these strategies belong to an exclusive club of long-only active ...

FAAA names Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award winner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
Private wealth adviser Craig Roberts of Elston Private Wealth in Queensland has been awarded the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award for the second semester of 2024 by the FAAA. The award recognises the highest performing student in the Certified Financial ...

AMP Advice expands network

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
The advising-arm of AMP continues to expand its network after reporting revenue growth in 1H24. Its advice revenue and revenue per practice have increased 16% and 11.6% respectively on the last quarter, AMP said. In addition, AMP said Melbourne-based ...

ASIC crackdown: Action taken against 13 SMSF auditors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
During the first half of 2024, ASIC acted against the registration of 13 approved self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditors. ASIC's concerns covered a range of topics, including breaches of auditing and assurance standards, independence requirements ...

Growthpoint sells down majority stake in six industrial assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
NASDAQ-listed alternatives fund manager TPG will acquire a major stake in six assets of Growthpoint Properties Australia's industrial and logistics portfolio. Terms of the agreement will see the US fund manager's subsidiary TPG Angelo Gordon ...

HESTA snags AMP head of compliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
HESTA has named a general manager, compliance, recruiting the head of risk and compliance from AMP's superannuation business. Tim Pietsch has taken on the role and brings extensive experience across the financial services sector to the fold. He joins ...

Praemium unveils Spectrum for HNWs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
Financial advisers now have access to a suite of solutions specifically tailored to high-net-worth (HNW) clients, known as Praemium Spectrum. Users can access a range of comprehensive assets, tools, and capabilities to better facilitate holistic wealth ...

Labor delivers another budget surplus, but productivity stalls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
The final budget outcome for 2023/24 came in as a surplus of $15.8 billion - or 0.6% of GDP - for the underlying cash balance - an improvement of $6.5 billion on the previous estimates. The better-than-expected outcome was driven mainly by the payments ...