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TAL taps ex-CBA deputy as chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... chief David Cohen, a 16-year veteran of the bank, will take over as TAL's chair on April 1. Before that, Cohen was CBA's group general counsel, group executive of human resources, group executive of corporate affairs, and chief risk officer. Before joining ...

Platinum rolls out major leadership reshuffle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... Andrew Clifford will step down from his role and assume an investment mentorship role as a member of the Investment Oversight Group (IOG), effective March 3. Clifford will work alongside ex-portfolio manager Jim Simpson. As announced in November 2024 ...

Deflation continues, albeit slowly

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... driven by fruit, with prices 12.3% higher compared to 12 months ago. Most of the increase in annual inflation for the housing group to January was caused by increases in electricity prices for those Queensland households that had used up the Queensland ...

Acenda names inaugural chair

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... non-executive director of the board. Aside from his responsibility at MLC Life Insurance, Dunn is also the chair of Telstra Group, Redkite and CMiMerryck, and is a non-executive director of Lion. Previously, he was the chair of the Investment and Financial ...

Macquarie shutters 30-year-old fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Macquarie Group has terminated the Macquarie Master Capital Stable Fund, claiming the fund does not have "sufficient scale" to remain viable. The bank has commenced the wind-up of the fund's assets and unitholders' share of the net proceeds of the termination ...

Praemium hunts for new chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... with David to ensure an orderly transition." The announcement comes as Praemium also reported its half year earnings. The group saw a statutory net profit after tax of $5.8 million, up 45% to the prior corresponding period. Funds under administration ...

ASIC clearing and settlements powers to curb ASX monopoly

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... competitor emerge. ASIC co-regulates CS with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), namely over the four CS facilities in the ASX group: two central counterparties - ASX Clear and ASX Clear (Futures) - and two securities settlement facilities - ASX Settlement ...

AZ NGA positions for growth with key appointment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Former Fitzpatricks Financial Group chief executive Jodie Blackledge is joining the leadership team of AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA). Blackledge has been appointed group chief financial officer at AZ NGA, reporting to group chief executive Paul ...

MLC wary of but not opposed to bitcoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... the White House has buoyed cryptocurrency advocates. "President Trump has issued an executive order establishing a working group tasked with, amongst other things, evaluating the potential for a 'national digital asset stockpile', akin to America's oil ...

Perpetual calls off KKR deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Perpetual has ended KKR's courtship of its wealth management and corporate trust operations, blaming the massive tax bill the transaction would incur, saying there was no way of getting around it. Since tabulating the tax implications last December ...