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Platinum loses $232m in FY23

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
Platinum Asset Management has copped a $232 million loss to its net outflows over the 2023 financial year and told investors it only recorded performance fees of about $1 million. The asset manager reported $17.3 billion in funds under management (FUM) ...

Sequoia expands professional services arm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
The listed wealth group will acquire and merge the businesses of Castle Corporate and Castle Legal for $3.15 million. Castle Corporate assists accountants, financial advisers, and lawyers with the formation of companies, trusts, and self-managed super ...

Asset managers dismiss liquidity risks: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
Too many asset managers are disregarding liquidity risks and are unprepared in the event of mass redemptions, a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) finds. The UK regulator found that many authorised funds dismiss their liquidity management ...

AMP loses BOLR changes class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
The Federal Court this morning has ruled in favour of disgruntled AMP Financial Planning advisers who saw the value of their practices deteriorate after the parent company controversially changed its Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) rules. In handing down ...

Life, funeral insurers cop $14m fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
The disgraced director of Select AFSL, the company the Hayne Royal Commission exposed for hawking life and funeral insurance to vulnerable customers, has been banned from managing a company for five years, while his companies were fined $13.5 million. ...

RBA pause short but sweet: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to hold the cash rate at 4.1% is a relief, but likely only a temporary one. AMP Australia deputy chief economist Diana Mousina told Financial Standard the RBA decided to hold and observe the impacts ...

Cbus informs members of premium changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
Almost all Cbus members will see their death and TPD premiums drop next month, however most of the fund's older members will pay more. Premiums will rise from August 26, members were told, with the industry fund saying the increase for older members ...

E&P appoints new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
E&P Financial Group named a new chief executive as the incumbent announces his resignation after four years at the helm. Peter Anderson, who is also managing director, is to step down on December 31. He will be replaced by head of E&P capital Ben Keeble. ...

AustralianSuper names deputy chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
AustralianSuper has bolstered its leadership team, naming a former chief executive of Frontier Advisors and IFM Investors as its new deputy chief investment officer. Damian Moloney, AustralianSuper's current head of investments (Europe), will assume ...

abrdn sells local trustee business

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
MSC Trustees has acquired abrdn's Australian trustee entity, becoming the corporate trustee of 10 funds. The fund book, comprising $1.5 billion in funds under management, includes the abrdn Sustainable Asian Opportunities Fund, abrdn Sustainable ...