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WA super law reforms boost GESB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
Laws that will enable GESB members to keep growing their super with the fund after they leave the public service have been passed. Changes to the State Superannuation Act 2000 have now been passed by both Houses of Western Australia's Parliament, benefiting ...

JANA snags Ignition Advice executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
JANA Investment Advisors has appointed a general manager of technology and data to lead its IT and data management strategy. Enda Mahoney, who has been with Ignition Advice for a little over a year as its chief platform and technology officer, has taken ...

Treasury consults on beneficial ownership disclosure reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
The government is again consulting on its plans to increase disclosure requirements in relation to ownership of listed entities. Treasury has commenced a second consultation relating to its plans to implement a public beneficial ownership register ...

AllianceBernstein managing director departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
AllianceBernstein managing director, Australia client group Brad Karp has announced he will leave the investment firm. Karp has been with the firm for close to 24 years. Prior to that he held roles at AXA as business manager - Australian equities and ...

GAM hires new local lead from Bennelong

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
GAM Investments has appointed Eric Finnell as the new managing director for Australia, replacing Alex Zaika who left in September to take the helm of Global X Australia. Based in Sydney, Finnell will work alongside client directors Daniel Sharp and ...

Jones preps DBFO Tranche 2 for parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones said the government will press on with Tranche 2 of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms that he is preparing to introduce in parliament. The highly anticipated set of changes promise to remove laborious ...

Global equity, AREIT managers biggest underperformers: S&P Dow Jones

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
Australian global equity and AREIT fund managers prove to be the biggest underperformers over the long term as more than 86% lag the index, an S&P Dow Jones Indices report finds. Australian fund managers, who invest in general global equities, continue ...

FCX granted 'historic' market licence by ASIC, RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
FinClear subsidiary FCX, a platform for facilitating private market secondary transactions, has been granted a "first-of-its-kind" Australian Market Licence and Clearing Settlement Facility Licence by ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The ...

Aged care costs begin to worry older Aussies

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
Older Australians are increasingly seeking financial advice in relation to aged care costs, new research from Challenger and National Seniors Australia shows. According to the study, calculating aged care costs has become a dominant concern for older ...

ART, Perennial back debt collection fintech

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
A local fintech, backed by Australian Retirement Trust and Perennial Partners, has completed a $60 million capital raise. InDebted, a fintech that provides 'personal' debt collection services underpinned by artificial intelligence and machine learning ...