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Activist investor hires distribution lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management's former head of investment solutions, Scarlett Dorney, has joined Sandon Capital in much the same role. As head of client solutions at the activist investor, Dorney's role will encompass distribution, strategy ...

Fees for no service see former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
A former financial adviser is now banned for 10 years after she was found to have knowingly charged fees for no service. Kiriley Roper was a director, shareholder and adviser at Lighthouse Partners in Redcliffe, Queensland. ASIC alleges that between ...

Global advisory firm acquires Boutique Capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Corporate governance and advisory services firm Acclime has acquired Boutique Capital, a North Sydney-based specialist in fund incubation and wholesale fund services. Acclime said the move significantly expands its capabilities in fund establishment ...

Chalmers opens economic reform consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has opened the new economic reform consultation paper while issuing more invitations to the government's Economic Reform Roundtable. "The roundtable is an important opportunity to build consensus for long term economic reform," ...

SMSFs' risk appetite to change under Division 296: Wilson

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
The controversial superannuation tax will likely see an exodus of SMSF capital from emerging companies as they look to avoid growth companies, a discussion paper says. Following its initial discussion paper and petition on Division 296, Wilson Asset ...

Magellan bolsters investment and distribution ranks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Magellan Asset Management has strengthened both its distribution and investment teams with a string of senior hires, sharpening its adviser focus and deepening its equities and infrastructure bench. Andrew Dowling, who joins next month, will be based ...

Perpetual IM switches member admin provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Perpetual Investment Management has awarded MUFG Pension & Market Services (MPMS) a mandate to oversee its investor and member administration services. MUFG Corporate Markets will provide services across unlisted registry, listed registry, corporate ...

Old challenges push asset managers to inflection point: Citi

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Asset managers continue to face existential challenges amid the rise of passive funds, fee compression and difficulty in generating alpha, a new report from Citi shows, forcing them to rethink their business models and value propositions in the future. ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has cast productivity as the government's chief priority, with budget sustainability and resilience also among its key focuses but made the case that sensible progress can't be made without proper consideration of more tax reform ...

IFM Investors chief of staff exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
The chief of staff at IFM Investors has departed after nine months in the role. Amara Haqqani was appointed as IFM Investors' inaugural chief of staff in September 2024. At the time, IFM Investors said she would be "supporting cross-organisational collaboration ...