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Lifespan Financial Planning names head of research

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... Service offerings to advisers and their clients." According to Rainmaker information, Lifespan had 290 advisers as at December 20.

ETF industry passes $250bn mark

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... Australian equity ETFs were similarly driven by market cap strategies in January, with net flows more than doubling since December," VanEck said. "Gold miners were the top-performing ETFs for January. There are reasons to believe this could be the start ...

Bravura delivers profit, pays special dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... special dividend will be 8.92 cents per share - totalling $40 million - and the interim dividend for the half year ended 31 December 2024 will be 1.6 cents per share - totalling $7.2 million. The dividends, along with the company's capital return, amount ...

MLC Life names chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... delighted to have Ammon join the leadership team ahead of the planned merger with Resolution Life Australia, as announced in December 2024. Upon merging, the combined entity will be known as Acenda. Leading the integration is another new appointment ...

Government to scrap advisers' approved qualifications list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... prospective advisers must complete a qualification from an approved list that is specifically focused on financial advice. In December, Financial Standard reported that major institutions - the University of Wollongong, Queensland University of Technology ...

Generation Development Group buys Evidentia

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... solutions for licensees, financial advisers and their clients. Grant Hackett, who was named group chief executive at GDG in December last year, said the acquisition will help drive GDG's broader growth strategy. "Both Evidentia and Lonsec Investment ...

Keybridge Capital enters voluntary administration

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... costs" associated with the ongoing WAM-related court hearings, debt reduction and working capital. However, following December 2024 and January 2025 court applications by WAM to prevent Keybridge from raising capital, the company has not been able to ...

Pinnacle delivers 'flawless' half-year performance: Analyst

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... Antipodes' takeover of Maple-Brown Abbott. Excluding acquisitions, FUM rose by $17.3 billion or 16% in the half year to December 2024. Among the clients, Australian institutional FUM rose by 19.6% to $75.2 billion, while retail FUM grew by 22.9% to $25.4 ...

Mercer appoints chief investment officer from TelstraSuper

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... Notably, according to Rainmaker Information, TelstraSuper's default investment option returned 8% over 10 years to 31 December 2024, ranking fifth among measured workplace super options. Following Miller's resignation, TelstraSuper appointed ...

Cbus recruits lead for new core equities portfolio

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... said the strength of this approach is reflected in Cbus' long-term annual returns of 7.8% over the 10 years to 31 December 2024. Separately, Cbus is on the hunt for a ESG lead following the departure of Talieh Williams after eight months in the role. ...