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Australian Ethical delivers strong half-year results

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... the seven-week limited-service period covering the transition of its administration service. However, the business saw "record" super guarantee contributions in the period, which partially offset the impact. The positive investment performance also contributed ...

Platinum rolls out major leadership reshuffle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... at Neptune Investment Management. "Ted was the standout candidate in a robust selection process, with an excellent track record of performance across several manager. He is also a strong leader and shares the values and investment philosophy that have ...

AI's big moment? Not this year, says Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn't expected to see its big breakthrough this year. Nevertheless, expectations for returns on capital are at their highest since the pandemic, according to Fidelity International's 2025 analyst survey. AI is expected to ...

ASIC bans Brisbane-based financial services director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
ASIC has banned JB Markets director Peter Aardoom from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business and performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business for eight ...

Alpencrest ramps up expansion, signs Aussie affiliate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... partner with Alpencrest for its Australian small cap equity strategy. Price said LSN recorded a strong three-year track record in December 2024 with a 7.1% p.a. outperformance above the Small Ordinaries Index. "LSN focuses on identifying high-quality ...

Schroders launches new active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
Schroders Australia expanded its suite of active ETFs today, listing a global equities offering on the ASX and a credit product on Cboe. Schroders now has four active ETFs in market and plans to add further throughout the year. The products launched ...

Insignia Financial improves losses amid takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
Insignia Financial reported a statutory net loss of $17 million in the first half amid its ongoing takeover discussions. The loss is an improvement on the prior corresponding period when it reported a statutory net loss of $50 million. Its underlying ...

ASIC proposes further breach reporting relief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
ASIC is proposing additional relief for financial services businesses, which would scrap the need to report minor or technical breaches that don't result in a financial loss. The relief is intended to ease the compliance load on financial services ...

Challenger profits up, share price falls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... re-platformed customer technology later this year. Hamilton also noted that the Life business maintained its momentum, with record lifetime and Japanese annuity sales contributing to total Life sales of $4.6 billion. "Our focus on longer duration sales ...

Custodians revel in double-digit gains

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... trillion. Sub-custody assets grew by 6.3% to a total of $2.3 trillion. Overall, assets under custody rose by 8% to another record high of $5.44 trillion as at December end.