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Challenger profits up, share price falls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... maintained its momentum, with record lifetime and Japanese annuity sales contributing to total Life sales of $4.6 billion. "Our focus on longer duration sales has lengthened the tenor of our liabilities and is supporting stronger returns," he said. He ...

Our results were strong: Alexis George

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... managed accounts. She expects ongoing innovation in that space and highlighted artificial intelligence (AI) as a key area of focus, particularly in developing tools to make processes easier for advisers. "We'll be launching things in the coming weeks ...

Partners Wealth Group appoints new head of Partners Private

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
Partners Wealth Group has appointed a new head of its wholesale investments business, Partners Private. The wealth management firm named Fraser Herd to oversee the development and expansion of its private investment opportunities for clients and partner ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
The housing construction sector is lagging Australia's productivity levels by 49% and is helping fuel the affordable housing crisis, a new report from the Productivity Commission reveals. The Housing construction productivity: Can we fix it? report ...

Foreign investors banned from buying homes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
The Albanese government has announced it will ban foreign investors from buying established homes for at least two years and crack down on foreign land banking. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the move is aimed at easing pressure on the Australian housing ...

GQG records US$1.7bn net flows in January

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... operating income increased by 50.4% to $577.9 million - with chief executive Tim Carver claiming the increased cost is due to focus on investing in talent and additional business activities. The active manager declared a dividend of $0.0378 based on ...

Capital Group promotes for key distribution role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... also worked in business development at Macquarie. In the new role, he will develop the firm's distribution strategy and focus on relationships intermediary and institutional clients in Australia, while leading the local client group team. "Jorden's ...

Centaur goes self-licensed, appoints former dealer group head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
Financial planning firm Centaur Financial Services has moved to its own AFSL and made a key hire in the process. Since 2015, Centaur has operated under a co-op licence with RFS Advice, Evalesco, and Guide Financial to reduce costs. However, Centaur ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
The Senate Economics Committee has released its third interim report as part of the inquiry into Australia's retirement system. Senate Economics Committee chair Senator Andrew Bragg said the third report is focused around the "shocking governance ...

AMP profit dives as advice business sale bites

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
AMP's statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) slumped to $150 million in the 2024 financial year, nearly half the previous year's result, which the firm attributed to simplification spend and the sale of its advice business. The prior year's ...