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AMP shareholders approve executive pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... maximum short-term incentive for the chief executive and executive team from 200% of fixed remuneration, to 150% from 1 January 2025. This reflects our simplified business and current market practice." George received $3.3 million in total remuneration ...

AllianzGI appoints public and private markets lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... Zeng - currently investment chief of fixed income for Asia Pacific - will become investment chief for fixed income next January. As for equities, Michael Heldmann will become the chief investment officer in October 2025, succeeding Virginie Maisonneuve ...

Regal writes off Opthea, FUM takes 8% hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... clinical trial. This is now worth zero. A top shareholder in Opthea, RG8 had about a 32% stake in the firm at the end of January. On March 31, ASX-listed Opthea announced it ceased the two major trials: COAST (Combination of OPT-302 with Aflibercept ...

Three AFS licensees pinged over compliance breaches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... registration requirement for financial advisers and working to raise awareness with licensees and relevant providers. In January, ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland warned that a failure to comply with the registration requirement could incur significant ...

Apex wins $7bn super admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... forward, part of which means utilising Iress' Acurity platform. Iress offloaded its superannuation business to Apex in January. Apex also expects to take over Acurity upon finalising its acquisition of Iress in the second quarter of this year. Diversa ...

DWS fined $43m for greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... over a period of close to three years, with prosecutors saying that investors were misled between mid-2020 to the end of January 2023 by claims that ESG was integral to the investment approach of DWS. DWS also claimed to be a "leader" in ESG investing ...

Pearler Super launches, new FHSSS product imminent

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... Super Saver Scheme (FHSSS). Pearler Super is strictly targeting young members. It is not available to those born before 1 January 1970 and therefore does not offer a pension account. Members can select from more than 40 ETFs to invest their savings ...

Buyout firm nabs GQG executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... distribution to advisers in NSW and ACT. Bullock's exit comes as GQG Partners recorded US$1.7 billion net flows in January, bringing its total funds under management to US$160.4 billion. The Florida-based active manager recorded US$20.2 billion net ...

Infocus adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... advisers grow their practices in a sustainable and highly professional way that helps lift the standards in our industry." In January, Infocus also welcomed a chief financial and operating officer in Hayley Briggs. Briggs, who has relocated to Australia ...

Trump Media to launch ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... Crypto.com to roll out a suite of branded ETFs through Truth.Fi, its financial services and fintech brand launched in January. The ETFs will comprise digital and non-digital assets, including what Crypto.com described as a "first-of-its-kind" basket ...