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AFCA chief operating officer departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has announced that chief operating officer Justin Untersteiner will be departing, effective March 14. Untersteiner is set to take up the role of chief executive of the Australian Health Practitioner ...

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... €4 billion, marking the 15th consecutive month of net outflows. Under the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Article 9 funds are 'dark green' strategies which have sustainable investment as their primary objective. However ...

Government to streamline financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced the release of a consultation paper to gather insights and feedback on how to restructure Australia's financial reporting architecture with the aim to make it more efficient, effective, and fit for purpose. Chalmers ...

Financial services deregulation boosts economy by $2bn: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Reforms in funds management, financial advice, and superannuation will usher in an extra $1.7 billion per year to the economy and can make Australia a serious financial services hub, the Financial Services Council (FSC) says. New modelling shows that ...

Oaktree veteran jumps to Avari

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
One of the worst-kept secrets in the market has been the departure next week of Oaktree Capital Management's head of Australian real estate investments. Ben Coughlin has joined Avari Capital Partners, the private equity real estate fund and private ...

SEC fines private equity firms for recordkeeping failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
Blackstone, KKR, and Carlyle are among the private equity firms that will collectively pay the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) US$63.1 million for failing to keep appropriate communications records. They join a growing list of financial institutions ...

Research digs into HNW investment preferences

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
According to new research from Praemium, high-net-worth (HNW) investors with stronger balances are typically tipping more into alternatives. The report comes as advisers eye the asset class along with artificial intelligence (AI) and technology as key ...

New tool will streamline regulation: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
The government has released a new tool with the aim to streamline and coordinate regulation in the financial sector. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the tool will help build a more competitive, dynamic and productive economy. "We want to make it simpler ...

Bain Capital bids for Insignia Financial

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
Insignia Financial has confirmed it received a takeover bid from US private equity firm Bain Capital following months of speculation. Insignia confirmed to the ASX that Bain Capital lobbed a confidential, preliminary, non-binding, and indicative proposal ...

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024
Lax superannuation laws make it too easy for perpetrators of domestic violence to access victims' retirement savings, while the current framework for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) enables financial abuse to flourish, a parliamentary inquiry found. ...