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Government must commit to fixing CSLR: FAAA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager of policy, advocacy, and standards Phil Anderson is again calling on the government to fix the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). Th FAAA has previously highlighted three critical ...

Regal FUM hits record high

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Regal Partners' funds under management (FUM) increased 4.6% in the December quarter, bringing the company's total FUM to $18 billion in 2024. Net inflows in Q4 24 were $720 million, a record quarter for the group, Regal said. Despite the investment ...

Iress expands wealth team with multiple new roles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Iress has expanded its APAC wealth propositions team with several newly created roles, including a general manager of wealth propositions, head of partnerships, and head of digital advice. The financial services software business announced the appointment ...

Scarcity Partners enlists former Ophir Asset Management chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
GP staking specialist Scarcity Partners has appointed former Ophir Asset Management chief executive George Chirakis as a partner. Chirakis, who has over 20 years of experience in investment management, sales, and distribution, including leadership roles ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Australian billionaires earn $67,000 an hour, according to a new report from Oxfam, which is 1300 times more than what everyday workers make. The 47 billionaires based in Australia saw their wealth rise by more than 8% or $28 billion last year, the ...

Natixis, Generali merger creates $3.2tn fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Natixis Investment Managers will combine with Generali Investments Holdings (GIH) to create a behemoth with €1.9 trillion ($3.2tn) in assets under management (AUM). The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Natixis' owner BPCE and GIH's ...

Bell Financial absorbs 75k Macquarie accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Bell Financial Group and Macquarie Bank have reached an agreement which will see approximately 75,000 accounts transfer from Macquarie Online Trading to the Bell Direct and Desktop Broker brands. The transition of accounts from Macquarie is expected ...

Australian Unity hires from Centuria

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Australian Unity has appointed Vijitha Yogavaran to the newly created role of fund manager for its Healthcare Property Trust (AUHPT), effective 20 January 2025. Yogavaran will assume responsibility for the oversight, management and external representation ...

Top Pendal executive joins Evidentia

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
Former Pendal head of multi-asset Michael Blayney has joined the Evidentia Group as a member of its investment committee. "With over 28 years of experience in investment management, consulting and superannuation with some of the world's leading ...

HUB24 shutters Xplore Wealth MDA services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
HUB24 plans to shut down its Xplore Wealth Managed Discretionary Account (MDA) services next year, with discussions underway with financial advisers to explore alternative options. The Xplore Wealth MDA has around $2 billion in funds under administration ...