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Private capital, active ETFs to continue shake up of financial services: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
Private capital, active ETFs and tokenisation are set to take the financial services sector by storm over the next three to five years, Deloitte predicts. Deloitte's 2025 Financial Services Industry Predictions report lays out six major forces that ...

UK watchdog to open Australian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... been appointed director, Asia Pacific at the FCA. She is tasked with building out an office that will support financial services firms in navigating regulation to enter the UK market or raise capital and support UK firms looking to expanding into Australia ...

MAX Awards 2025 finalists revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... a light on individuals and teams excelling in the fields of marketing, sales, and advertising on behalf of financial services businesses. Now in their 31st year, the MAX Awards will recognise the Distribution Team of the Year, Marketing Team of the Year ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... said this "brings closure to a long and difficult process, one that showed how hard it is to apply existing financial services law to new and fast-changing technologies like crypto." "We understand regulators are working in a tough environment. The current ...

Selfwealth shareholders resoundingly greenlight takeover proposal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... proposal to 25 cents per share later that month; the approved offer is a 27% premium to that bid. Axi Corp Financial Services was also in the hunt, putting forward an indicative offer of 23 cents per share the day after Bell's initial bid, before Syfe ...

Iress offloads QuantHouse

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... ownership. Privately owned, Vienna-based BAHA provides market data, financial news, technology and solutions for the financial services industry covering more than 12 million financial instruments. Iress Group chief executive Marcus Price said: "With ...

Mercer promotes wealth management lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... platforms, private banks and advisory firms. Before joining Mercer in July 201 in a senior consulting role, his financial services experience included four years at van Eyk, where he managed relationships with major wealth management corporations and ...

Industry veteran joins Aus Ethical

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
Australian Ethical Investment has appointed a seasoned financial services executive director to the board as an independent director. Currently sitting on the boards of MetLife Insurance Australia and IMB Bank, Brian Bissaker brings over three decades ...

Spender criticises Labor's 'lack of urgency' on advice reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... urgent advice reforms. Speaking at the Financial Advice Association Australia's (FAAA) federal election financial services summit, Spender said while minister for financial services Stephen Jones has worked to deliver some reform, she wished there ...

Shield Master Fund terminated, new receivers for Keystone Asset Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... assets frozen. ASIC said it was aware of authorised representatives from Interprac Financial Planning, MWL Financial Services, Financial Services Group Australia, and Next Generation Advice having recommended investment in the Shield Master Fund. About ...