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Acenda names inaugural chair

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
MLC Life Insurance has announced who will chair the insurer when it becomes Acenda. MLC Life Insurance, soon becoming Acenda through the merger with Resolution Life Australia, has appointed Craig Dunn to the position and will take effect upon the completion ...

Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Mohamed El-Erian, who was chief executive of Harvard's endowment and PIMCO, published The Only Game in Town in 2016, presenting central banks as the key driver of the economic agenda. But now it's governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation ...

ASIC bans Brisbane-based financial services director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
ASIC has banned JB Markets director Peter Aardoom from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business and performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business for eight ...

Cbus appoints deputy investment chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Cbus has named a new deputy chief investment officer to replace the role Alexandra Campbell vacated last July. Leigh Gavin was promoted to the role after serving as head of portfolio strategies since October 2023. Gavin oversaw the super fund's ...

ASIC clearing and settlements powers to curb ASX monopoly

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
In a bid to curb monopolistic practices, ASIC's new powers that mandate the ASX to be more transparent on its fees and services relating to clearing and settlements (CS) will kick in three months from now. Under the ASIC CS Services Rules 2025 ...

Betashares launches Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
Betashares has rolled out Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs on the ASX today, saying the launches are part of a "global turning point" in the crypto investment landscape. The new funds - Betashares Bitcoin ETF (ASX: QBTC) and the Betashares Ethereum ETF (ASX ...

ASIC proposes further breach reporting relief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... (FSC), which is urging both sides of parliament to adopt a deregulation agenda, welcomed the proposal, saying that cutting red tape would boost the productivity of the financial services sector. "The breach reporting regime is emblematic of the sort ...

Gen X remains the largest cohort in SMSF establishments: Class

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
Generation X and Millennials collectively drove about 85% of new self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) establishments for the six months to 31 December 2024, according to a new report from Class. The total value of the net assets administered on Class ...

Dexus delivers profit, flags 'turning point'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
Dexus delivered a statutory net profit after tax of $10.3 million in the six months to 31 December 2024 - a major change compared to the $597.2 million net loss after tax in HY24. Dexus chief executive Ross Du Vernet said the group had progressed its ...

RBA delivers 'cautious' cut, road ahead unclear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut the cash rate by 25 basis points, bringing the official interest rate down to 4.1%. While the cut was widely expected, the RBA was quick to diffuse any hopes of a quick cutting cycle. "A range of indicators suggest ...