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Centaur goes self-licensed, appoints former dealer group head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
Financial planning firm Centaur Financial Services has moved to its own AFSL and made a key hire in the process. Since 2015, Centaur has operated under a co-op licence with RFS Advice, Evalesco, and Guide Financial to reduce costs. However, Centaur ...

AMP profit dives as advice business sale bites

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... prioritise margins in a competitive environment, and this month's launch of our digital bank is an important way to start to address the funding and revenue mix," George said. Underlying earnings per share rose 25% to 9.0 cents per share, driven ...

Brookfield subsidiary launches credit fund locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
A Brookfield Asset Management subsidiary has launched the Oaktree Strategic Credit Fund (AUD) to Australian wholesale investors and appointed responsible entity (RE) duties to Channel Investment Management. Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions' fund ...

New starter at GCQ Funds

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Doug Tynan's GCQ Funds Management has picked up an Ellerston Capital manager to look after advisory groups in New South Wales and South Australia. Nathan Boroughs has been appointed distribution director and will work closely with GCQ distribution ...

PIMCO hires former Global X sales lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Kanish Chugh, former head of distribution at Global X, has scored a top sales role at PIMCO Australia. PIMCO confirmed Chugh's appointment as head of ETF sales. The hire comes eight months after he joined the asset manager as a senior vice president ...

Local family office backs new venture to invest in climate tech

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
The family office of Daniel Besen has become an anchor investor in new venture capital firm Climate Tech Partners, investing in "innovative software and hardware companies" accelerating decarbonisation. Climate Tech Partners was founded by Patrick Sieb ...

ETF industry passes $250bn mark

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... December," VanEck said. "Gold miners were the top-performing ETFs for January. There are reasons to believe this could be the start of a rally for gold miner ETFs, with many similarities in the current climate to the gold miners rally in 2016, including ...

Cbus faces fresh investigation over fund expenditure practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... demonstrating "character, honesty, integrity, diligence, and judgement." The court-enforceable undertaking commits Cbus to start a transformation program to rectify underlying behavioural, cultural and/or governance failures observed by APRA, including ...

Link Wealth expands into Tasmanian market

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
Link Wealth has acquired 60% stake in the Hobart-based Sky Advisers, with the acquisition marking a significant step in Link Wealth's broader roadmap across Australia. The partnership will help drive Link Wealth's values, growth ambitions and operational ...

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 ...