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Government to scrap advisers' approved qualifications list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
The federal government is backtracking on one key financial adviser education requirement by scrapping the list of approved qualifications and proposing to allow any bachelor's degree or higher. Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones this morning announced ...

Convicted adviser banned over $2m theft

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Former financial adviser Lachlan King has been permanently banned by ASIC for stealing close to $2 million in client funds, including family members. The banning took effect on February 5, with Queensland-based King currently in prison after being convicted ...

Keybridge Capital enters voluntary administration

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Keybridge Capital has appointed Gideon Rathner from Lowe Lippmann Chartered Accountants as voluntary administrator, with the board blaming its ongoing feud with WAM Active (WAM). The Keybridge board said court orders being sought by WAM prevented Keybridge ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
MLC Life Insurance has hired an integration specialist to execute its merger with Resolution Life Australasia to create the country's third-largest life insurer. As the general manager of integration, Peter Moutsatsos will lead a dedicated team ...

JANA revamps research team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
JANA Investment Advisers has taken steps to strengthen its research team through a series of new hires and promotions in response to strong business growth. Matthew Gadsden, who previously served as the head of global equities research, has been appointed ...

FAAA 'frustrated' as Dixon inquiry delayed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
The Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Wealth Management Companies (CSLR and Dixon Advisory) has been deferred from March 27 to July 28 - pushing back the inquiry by four months. Parliament returned this week, and the Senate approved the deferral ...

Insignia Financial receives bid from Brookfield

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
The bidding war for Insignia Financial has notched up yet again after the wealth manager said it received another takeover offer - this time from global investment giant Brookfield Capital Partners. This marks the third party to enter the bidding war ...

ASIC initiates ASX outage probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
ASIC has officially commenced an investigation into the ASX outage that occurred in late December. On 20 December 2024, the ASX experienced a "technical issue" on its CHESS Batch Settlement that disrupted and delayed several days' trade settlements. ...

Former adviser pleads guilty to $1m theft

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
A former financial adviser from Western Australia has pleaded guilty to five charges related to misappropriating $1.03 million of client funds. Anthony Torre was charged with five counts of stealing and eight counts of fraud in June 2022 following an ...

VFMC wraps up leadership changes

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has fine-tuned its absolute returns team following an overhaul of the investment function late last year. The absolute returns team manages private credit and hedge fund exposures within client portfolios. ...