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Morrison divestment lifts Sequoia profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
Sequoia Financial Group reported an "abnormally high" net profit after tax (NPAT), coming in 4317% higher than the prior corresponding period. However, it also flagged "several" complaints to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) that ...

Super contribution caps to rise on July 1

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
Superannuation contribution caps will go up on July 1, after the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported an increase in average weekly ordinary time earnings (AWOTE). The ABS reported the AWOTE rose 4.5%, seasonally adjusted, in the year to November ...

Insignia details transformation progress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
Insignia Financial's share price is up some 12% after it posted a marginal increase in underlying profit and reported all its strategic priorities being on-track. The wealth giant has reported underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) of $95.5 million ...

Iress reports $137m loss in 'challenging year'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
In a year deemed challenging by Iress chief executive Marcus Price, the firm saw its net profit after tax (NPAT) plummet from a $52.7 million profit to a $137.5 million loss for FY23, alongside a decrease in statutory EBITDA from $142.7 million to $89.6 ...

Risk, compliance staff in hot demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
With regulatory demands showing no signs of slowing in 2024, experienced risk and compliance professionals remain hot property. According to Kaizen Recruitment director Amanda Chisholm, factors like RG97, the Financial Accountability Regime, regulators' ...

Link, The Trust Bank progress acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... which it will pay $1.2 billion for Link. The scheme is subject to various conditions such as an independent expert's report. Link shareholders have also yet to vote on the takeover. Link also announced that the group made $523.7 million in revenues ...

Janus Henderson makes two senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... specialist for accountants. Cassidy also worked at AMP in managerial roles for more than six years. MacDonald and Cassidy report to Janus Henderson head of retail distribution for Australia Jordan Tang. Cassidy will be responsible for overseeing relationships ...

Family offices choose private credit: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... a little more concerned that all the hype around the asset class may make it more competitive on a cyclical basis," the report said. "Maybe more importantly, many of these same chief investment officers still believe that private equity, not private ...

Madigan Capital appoints head of investment capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
Commercial real estate debt manager Madigan Capital has appointed Luke Briscoe as head of investment capital, overseeing its funds management team. Briscoe will start his new position imminently, focusing on advancing Madigan's funds management strategy ...

Commonwealth Bank slapped with $10.3m fine for wage theft

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
Commonwealth Bank was fined $10.3 million by the Federal Court for its involvement in wage theft which led to $16 million in underpayments to over 7400 workers. The case emerged after the Finance Sector Union (FSU) uncovered the bank's systematic ...