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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. ...

Realm House hires from Plato

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
A former Plato Investment Management credit specialist has joined contrarian credit and fixed income manager Realm Investment House. Simon Tung has been appointed portfolio manager within the boutique asset manager's strategy and risk division. ...

Magellan unveils refreshed leadership, investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Magellan Financial Group has made a raft of changes to both its C-suite and investments team, resulting in several key departures. The changes come as Magellan looks to execute on its strategic growth ambitions, including capitalising on its strategic ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
The global ethics watchdog has issued fresh directives on judging green claims, with the minutiae still in flux in Australia as mandatory reporting begins for large entities and financial firms. Part of a broad crackdown on greenwashing and ESG-related ...

Atrium winds up global listed infrastructure fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Atrium Investment Management will terminate one of its funds, which is managed by Magellan Asset Management, as it was inefficient and costly to operate. The Global Listed Infrastructure Mandate No.1 will cease on January 31. Atrium told investors that ...

Team Super names retirement chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
A former Aware Super head of advice has been appointed chief retirement officer at Team Super ahead of its merger with TWUSUPER to create a $21 billion fund. Reporting to chief executive Vasyl Nair, Sarah Forman has taken up the new role at Team Super ...