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Bull market buoys super funds' 2024 returns

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
Superannuation funds turned in double-digit returns for the 2024 calendar year thanks to the bull market, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), with some achieving nearly 12% for their balanced options. Rest's ...

CC Capital Partners bids for Insignia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
New York-based CC Capital Partners has expressed interest in taking over Insignia Financial, upping Bain Capital's offer that was recently rejected. CC Capital Partners is offering $4.30 cash per Insignia share, which is a 7.5% premium to Bain Capital's ...

Court sentences Ponzi scheme promoter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
The Federal Court has sentenced the promoter of Courtenay House for his involvement in one of the country's biggest Ponzi schemes. David Sipina was handed down three years' imprisonment to be served via an intensive correction order after pleading ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Mergers, corporate fund closures and executive moves were the major motifs for Financial Standard readers this year. Unsurprisingly, further consolidation in the superannuation sector was a major driver of audience interest this year with a number of ...

Grant Hackett named chief executive of Generation Development Group

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Generation Development Group has appointed Grant Hackett as chief executive, while a new leader takes charge at Generation Life. Hackett, who will begin in his new role on 1 January 2025, has for the past five years served as Generation Life chief executive. ...

Rest nabs culture leader from Aware

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Rest Super has recruited two experienced hands to drive the fund's strategic focus on workplace culture and employee experience. Amy Matthews has been appointed general manager of organisational capability & people experience, while Kama Ghosn joins ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
AMP has dared to go where no super fund has gone, taking the plunge with a "modest allocation" to Bitcoin, even as other industry heavyweights stand resolute in their rejection of the digital asset. Last week, AMP senior portfolio manager Steve Flegg ...

ASIC sues HSBC Australia over $23m scam losses

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
ASIC has launched legal proceedings against HSBC Bank Australia in the Federal Court, alleging the latter failed to "adequately protect customers", resulting in losses of about $23 million through nearly 1000 unauthorised transactions. ASIC said the ...

TPG co-founder David Bonderman dies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
David Bonderman, the co-founder of global alternatives investor TPG, passed away this week. Bonderman, affectionately known as 'Bondo' to many, was also founder of Wildcat Capital Management, the Bonderman family office, and owner of National Hockey ...

TAL creates consumer and growth unit

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
TAL Australia has appointed a general manager to lead its newly created consumer and growth team. As head of this new division, Lexie Denby will oversee TAL's direct and advised customer growth initiatives while ensuring its products and services ...