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abrdn embraces letter 'E' again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
After its much derided rebrand did little good, abrdn will add back the three vowels it removed from its name in 2021. Overnight, it was announced that abrdn will be renamed aberdeen group and trade as aberdeen. In April 2021, Standard Life Aberdeen ...

War on inflation: Australia vs New Zealand

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
In the battle against inflation, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) took different approaches. Now that inflation has cooled, HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham has examined which approach was better. "At the end ...

Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
The financial services sector made a fractional improvement on its gender pay disparity, reporting a 22.2% gap on a median and average basis, the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) report shows. The 2024 financial year shows that financial ...

Freezing order slapped on First Guardian Master Fund, Falcon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
ASIC has taken action to freeze the assets of the First Guardian Master Fund and its responsible entity Falcon Capital nearly one year after investors were locked out from accessing their funds. The First Guardian Master Fund is run by First Guardian ...

Outlook favourable for practice valuations: Guide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
Buyers of financial planning practices and client books are becoming more focused on profit, leading acquirers to be much more discerning when it comes to fee per client - but they should continue to trade at a premium to other small businesses. According ...

ClearView Wealth's profit bleeds 22% in HY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
ClearView Wealth's profit took a blow with its underlying net profit after tax (UNPAT) down 22% to $15.2 million in the six months to 31 December 2024, saying the slump was due to an "aberration" in the claims experience in the first quarter of FY25. ...

CSC-backed fund manager to launch in Netherlands

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
Former Robeco chief investment officer Victor Verberk has partnered with sustainable fixed income credit manager Osmosis to launch Osmosis Investment Management NL in the Netherlands. The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation and the Oxford Endowment ...

Annuities' capital settings due for change: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
APRA's proposal to overhaul capital requirements for annuities is touted to be the most significant change for life insurers in more than a decade. The prudential regulator said it will detail its proposed changes in the second half of 2025. "This ...

Family office CIO joins Heritvest

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
A long-serving investment professional has been appointed to the top investment job at Heritvest Family Office. George Nassios will report to Will Zhang, chief executive of Heritvest, a multi-family office service provider with a regional presence. ...

Global active equity managers suffer their worst year in decades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Global active equity managers faced their toughest year in over two decades in 2024, according to Frontier Advisors. Frontier Advisors said heightened market concentration and US equity dominance created formidable headwinds, with most managers struggling ...