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Centrepoint Alliance expects core profit to top guidance

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... advisers, with a net growth of 15 advisers since July 2025. It is currently onboarding an additional 40 advisers for the business and forecasts attrition of less than six representatives, with minimal impact on the revenue. It said it is experiencing ...

TAL enhances TPD offering, support for self-employed customers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... limited administrative tasks without affecting their eligibility, TAL explained. These changes reflect the realities of business ownership, giving self-employed customers greater confidence their cover will support them through recovery and help to keep ...

ASIC welcomes support for simplifying guidance on conflicts of interest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... in place to effectively manage all conflicts of interest, except those that occur wholly outside a financial services business. The updated guidance will now demonstrate how the law applies to conflicts of interest in conflicts management obligations ...

Chalmers flags pension, super spending in Budget update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... preparing for, which is really starting to take shape," he said. "The mid-year update forecasts a further pick up in business investment off the back of big increases in private sector spending on new technology and renewable energy. "Updated estimates ...

MFF Capital names Stack as chief executive

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... investments at Magellan Asset Management for 18 years. Stack was responsible for leading the global listed infrastructure business team and oversaw an asset base of over $16 billion. He joined MFF Group in September of this year. In his new position ...

ASX to undergo 'circuit breaker' reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... scale of transformation required is significant and cannot be achieved through current tactical, incremental measures or business as usual. ASIC chair Joe Longo said urgent action was needed to set ASX on the right path. "ASX needs to embrace a new era ...

Hearts & Minds, WAM slash stakes in Corporate Travel Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... the findings and have written down our investment in the company by 50% to reflect uncertainty over the outlook for the business," WAM said in an investor update. In November, CTD said auditor Deloitte found "potential material adjustments" related to ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... bankruptcies of Tricolor and First Brands. "Their bankruptcies were the result of company-specific issues related to business mismanagement and fraud, not systemic issues," he says. "In both cases, the companies are alleged to have double-pledged collateral ...

Mercer doubles down on for-purpose sector

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
Mercer is doubling down on the for-purpose sector, appointing a senior business development manager to its burgeoning endowments and foundations business across the Pacific. Lydia Reeves will take up the new job in January partnering with prospective ...

Betashares-backed firm names inaugural managing partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... Wealth Partners has made its first managing partner appointment, signalling a new phase of growth for the $10 billion business. In the new role, Cameron Spittle will oversee all aspects of the business, including strategic direction, national adviser ...