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ASIC initiates ASX outage probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
ASIC has officially commenced an investigation into the ASX outage that occurred in late December. On 20 December 2024, the ASX experienced a "technical issue" on its CHESS Batch Settlement that disrupted and delayed several days' trade settlements. ...

BUSSQ loses legal bid to overturn additional licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
Industry superannuation fund BUSSQ has lost its legal challenge against APRA, with the Federal Court dismissing its bid to overturn additional licence conditions. Last August, APRA imposed additional licence conditions on BUSSQ's trustee over concerns ...

Civitas appoints new business partner

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Civitas Services Australia, a financial services provider that helps individuals and firms obtain and manage their Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), has appointed a new business partner. The new hire, James McCowan, who's based in Brisbane ...

Franklin Templeton folds Martin Currie into affiliates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Franklin Templeton announced it will fold Martin Currie, the US$17.9 billion fund manager, into its other brands, ClearBridge Investments and Franklin Equity Group. Martin Currie's Australia, UK, and global emerging markets investment and sustainability ...

Bumpy roads ahead for traditional active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Traditional active managers should expect a rougher path ahead as they face growing challenges from industry superannuation funds, as well as the continued strong flows into exchange-traded funds (ETF), a new report found. According to Morningstar's ...

CPI nears RBA's target range, but rate cut remains in doubt: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% in the December quarter and 2.4% annually, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed. The most significant price rises in the quarter were recreation and culture (+1.5%), and alcohol and tobacco ...

AustralianSuper welcomes AI tech competition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Mayhem erupted on Wall Street on Monday (local time) after Chinese-owned DeepSeek burst onto the artificial intelligence (AI) scene, wiping $1 trillion off chip maker Nvidia. AustralianSuper holds around $2 billion of Nvidia shares in its balanced option ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Cbus delivered double-digit returns in 2024, helping to propel its members' assets to the $100 billion mark. The default Growth (MySuper) investment option generated returns of 10.77% for 2024. The fund's High Growth investment option, returned ...

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
Rest has appointed a senior wealth management leader and superannuation expert from Insignia Financial to take the reins as chief of staff. The $93 billion industry with around two million members said the appointee, Gideon Lipman, will help the fund ...

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
The ASX said the outage from last month largely stemmed from the now-defunct mFunds and will subsequently credit participants $1 million to make amends. While several circumstances led to the glitch, the ASX traced the root cause to the introduction ...