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MLC Super to slash admin fees for members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Most members will save about $100 per year after the reductions, while some will save as much as $375. MLC Super said the majority of members in its MLC MasterKey and Plum range will pay less in administration fees from October 1. MLC general manager ...

Director pleads guilty to 'dishonestly' obtaining near $1m

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
The former director for Guevara Capital Access (GCA) and Online Trading Capital (OTC) has yesterday admitted he dishonestly obtained a financial advantage by deception in the Downing Centre District Court. Mark McCabe has pleaded guilty to three offences ...

FSU steps up calls for reproductive leave policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
The Finance Sector Union (FSU) is urging the financial services industry to adopt paid menopause leave policies as it finds more than one third of workers experiencing symptoms are likely to retire early as a result. In October 2023, the FSU launched ...

Robeco appoints APAC sales lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
The former Australian managing director of Fidelity will soon be the regional sales lead for Robeco. Lawrence Hanson has been appointed head of sales, APAC for the Rotterdam-based manager, effective November 11. He will oversee Robeco's sales efforts ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
The European Central Bank (ECB) dropped interest rates to 3.5%, the second time it's cut by 0.25% this year. The bank lowered rates on the back of inflation data that met its outlook. It anticipates headline inflation to average 2.5% in 2024, 2.2% in ...

SMSFA, Deakin University launch courses for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
SMSF Association, Deakin University, and AccountantsIQ have partnered to deliver two courses for financial advisers. Deakin University is offering Ethics for Financial Services (Intensive), a compulsory bridging unit with 30 CPD hours. It runs across ...

ASX chair to retire, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
ASX today announced a change to its board, appointing a chair to succeed Damian Roche, who is set to leave his post at the conclusion of the stock exchange's annual general meeting (AGM) on October 28. David Clarke joins the ASX as non-executive director ...

New global chiefs for abrdn, Schroders

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
UK fund managers abrdn and Schroders named their new respective chief executives, both of whom were promoted to the top job. abrdn made Jason Windsor its permanent chief executive after he took the post in an acting capacity in June from Stephen Bird. ...

Metrics to list CRE fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
A new Metrics Credit Partners real estate fund is set to debut on the ASX, marking the fund manager's third strategy on the exchange. The Metrics Real Estate Multi-Strategy Fund is scheduled to list on or around October 16 under the ticker code ...

Monochrome moves to list Ethereum ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Monochrome Asset Management has filed an application to list an Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Cboe Australia. The Monochrome Ethereum ETF (IETH) would passively hold Ethereum, which is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation ...