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Perpetual receives fresh KKR bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
Perpetual confirmed it has received a fresh bid from KKR for the acquisition of its wealth management and corporate trustees businesses, after the deal sat on the backburner for two months. Perpetual said it was considering the revised offer, but did ...

Iress creates dedicated customer role

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
Iress has created a new position to strengthen its advice technology offerings, hiring the head of Count Financial. Adam Webb has been appointed to the newly created role of executive general manager, customer, effective March. In his new role, Webb ...

New starter at GCQ Funds

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... was a national key account manager at Ellerston Capital for four years. This followed three years as the New South Wales state manager for Perpetual and SW State Manager for Perpetual and two years at Fidante. Burroughs also previously worked for Challenger ...

Alexander Funds recruits regional manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Alexander Funds has hired a new regional manager to cover Australia's southern states. The Melbourne based fund management boutique has hired Beatriz Marchueta to cover Victoria South Australia and Tasmania, based in Melbourne. Marchueta will join ...

Reach Alts hires private wealth lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... where he spent the last seven years. He brings over 25 years' experience in business development, including stints with State Street, BNP Paribas, and Russell Investments. Reach Alts said Bhana's knowledge of the local landscape will be paramount to ...

Local family office backs new venture to invest in climate tech

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
The family office of Daniel Besen has become an anchor investor in new venture capital firm Climate Tech Partners, investing in "innovative software and hardware companies" accelerating decarbonisation. Climate Tech Partners was founded by Patrick Sieb ...

FSCP deregisters adviser for two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
A financial adviser who provided "incompetent" SMSF advice has been barred from practising in the industry for two years by the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP). Glenn Paul Meilak helped clients set up SMSFs in a way that was "systemic" and ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... 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 workforce. "The committee acknowledges that task automation is increasing in many sectors ...

ETF industry passes $250bn mark

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... iShares also had two spots with the S&P 500 ETF and the Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF. Also making the list was Magellan, VanEck and State Street. The Betashares Australia 200 ETF saw the biggest inflows in January, followed by the Betashares Australian High ...

Cbus faces fresh investigation over fund expenditure practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
Cbus is under investigation by APRA for possible breaches of superannuation legislation, with the regulator announcing the probe alongside a court-enforceable undertaking to address the super fund's risk management and oversight of key fund services. ...