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Greg Combet to succeed Peter Costello as Future Fund chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... Future Fund, assuming the position on February 4. Reemst joined the Future Fund Board of Guardians for a five-year term in October last year. The government also appointed Nicola Wakefield Evans and Rosemary Vilgan as part-time members of the Future ...

Insignia Financial touts strong start to FY24, simplification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... Insignia said. However, it did see strong gains in its managed accounts offering, including a record $251 million net flow in October and a 20.9% year on year increase in the number of investor accounts using them. "We have made a strong start to the ...

Perpetual Corporate Trust adds staff

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... solutions for the wealth, asset management and superannuation markets. Perpetual acquired the debt and advisory business last October. The purchase also included specialist fixed income digital platform, Treasury Direct, which had $21 billion in assets ...

TAL appoints chief claims officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... assumes the role from Jenny Oliver, who takes on the position of executive for group life and retirement, as announced last October. Among the changes, Fiona Macgregor was appointed chief executive for individual life and replaces Tim Thorne. Thorne ...

Spheria mulls converting emerging companies LIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... Management, is contingent on the average daily NTA discount of SEC. If this discount exceeds 5% during the period from 1 October 2024 to 31 December 2024, SEC intends to offer shareholders the option to swap their SEC shares for units in the Spheria ...

Investors livid over fresh portfolio valuation: Mayfair 101

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... by the Federal Court a month earlier. The Federal Court will re-hear the case in a two-week trial slated to commence on October 21. The case is to be re-heard after the Full Federal Court overturned the court's original decision that saw Mawhinney slapped ...

Inflation eases to 4.3%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
Inflation declined to 4.3% in the year to November 2023, easing from 4.9% in October. The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) found that the rising costs of housing (up 6.6%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (up 4.6%), insurance ...

ASIC extends intervention orders against predatory lenders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... protect vulnerable retail investors. The orders, which were first implemented in July 2022, will now be extended until 1 October 2032, or until they are revoked. According to ASIC, these short-term credit and continuing credit contracts were originally ...

Federal Court appoints receivers to investigate Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... findings to the court and ASIC within 42 days. The appointment of Smith and Kirman follows initial action taken by ASIC in October 2023 to obtain interim asset preservation orders against Brite. The receivers were subsequently designated as investigative ...

EQT operations, finance chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... decision-making for each licensed entity will remain separate and the financial reporting structure will remain unchanged. In October, EQT sold its Irish business via a management buyout. Equity Trustees Ireland chief executive Kevin Lavery, with additional ...