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Jones flags drafting of Tranche 2 legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... discipline. "Prospective advisers will need to meet minimum study requirements in relevant financial concepts such as finance, economics or accounting. They will also need to complete financial advice subjects covering ethics, legal and regulatory obligations ...

Government to scrap advisers' approved qualifications list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... financial adviser. "Prospective advisers will need to meet minimum study requirements in relevant financial concepts such as finance, economics or accounting. They will also need to complete financial advice subjects covering ethics, legal and regulatory ...

Renewable energy company secures $160m from Macquarie

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is providing $160 million (€97m) to finance the expansion ambitions of Spanish renewable energy company Greenalia. Greenalia is the developer, owner, and operator of renewable energy assets in Spain, Portugal, and ...

Convicted adviser banned over $2m theft

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... deregistered in January 2021. Over the years, he was licensed through Genesys Wealth Advisers; Magnitude Group; and Australian Finance Group. On 14 May 2024, King was convicted of two counts of fraud under s708c of the Queensland Criminal Code and was ...

Keybridge Capital enters voluntary administration

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... Keybridge board said court orders being sought by WAM prevented Keybridge from raising capital, which saw an offer of debt finance - which was dependent on a capital raising - being withdrawn. The decision to enter administration follows a move by Yowie ...

MLC Life recruits merger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... program to improve financial resilience, operational resilience and risk culture. But he was recruited directly by the finance chief to lead the Integration program in 2020 when BOQ completed the purchase of ME Bank from 25 industry funds. MoutsatsosI ...

Monroe Capital sets up shop in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... management firm specialising in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, technology finance, venture debt, opportunistic, structured credit, real estate and equity.

Barrenjoey acquires, expands in Hong Kong

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
... commitment to this important market," he said. Barrenjoey has five offerings: research, equities, fixed income, corporate finance, and private capital. It launched in 2021, led by chief executive Brain Benari with the backing of Magellan Financial Group ...

Westpac names new chief executive of wealth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
... exceptional leader in financial services and brings a career spanning more than 20 years in institutional banking, corporate finance and wealth management to the role. Fowler will join Westpac from Commonwealth Bank (CBA), where he is currently the executive ...

BUSSQ loses legal bid to overturn additional licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
... removed BUSSQ board directors Jacqui Collie and Michael Ravbar last September, replacing them with the CFMEU's head of finance Hemal Patel and industrial officer Paul Dunbar. While Cbus supported APRA's directive for an independent review of its board ...