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Centaur goes self-licensed, appoints former dealer group head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
Financial planning firm Centaur Financial Services has moved to its own AFSL and made a key hire in the process. Since 2015, Centaur has operated under a co-op licence with RFS Advice, Evalesco, and Guide Financial to reduce costs. However, Centaur ...

Super's operational infrastructure 'not quite right'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... are incompetent or uncaring. What matters is whether super funds are working towards addressing any problems." The report made several recommendations for super funds including investing and uplifting practices within risk management practices, notably ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... the third time, and the inquiry has prioritised partisan policy proposals." The dissenting comments also said the committee made no attempts to create a bipartisan report and made no effort to engage a broad range of superannuation stakeholders or governance ...

PIMCO hires former Global X sales lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... investment solutions." "I am excited to help build and support our ETF platform's development and growth." Chugh was made redundant by Global X over a year ago after almost ten years with the exchange-traded funds provider. His exit came amidst an ...

ASX reports 'record' revenue for 1H25, lags in listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... focused on delivering our technology modernisation roadmap and uplift of our regulatory and risk management practices. "We have made strong progress in 1H25, but we know there is much more to do as we continue building a new era for ASX." The announcement ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... benefit payouts. The industry fund, which has over two million members, wrote to impacted members acknowledging the mistake made with their insurance and confirming it's since been fixed. In the letter to members, Rest explained that under its insurance ...

FSCP deregisters adviser for two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... contravened the best interest duty, appropriate advice obligation, failed to prioritise his clients' interest over his own, and made misleading statements. He breached the Code of Ethics' standards of acting in accordance with all applicable ...

Treasury consults on genetic test ban in life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... Australian Financial Complaints Authority for remedies. Meanwhile, inclusion in the DDA would allow for complaints to be made to the Australian Human Rights Commission. "Genetic research is constantly evolving. The consultation is to ensure this legislation ...

Finance workers worry about job displacement from AI, government urged to take action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... displacements. The Future of Work report, released by the House Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training last month, made 21 recommendations to help the government get on top of the fast-evolving state of AI and how it is impeding the ...

ETF industry passes $250bn mark

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... record by more than $600 million. Over the past 12 months the Australian ETF industry grew by 35.9% or $79.9 billion. Vanguard made up three of the top 10 ETFs by market cap with its Australian Shares Index ETF, MSCI Index International Shares ETF and ...