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Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
The Senate committee tasked with assessing the capabilities of ASIC says the government should recognise the regulator has "comprehensively failed to fulfil its regulatory remit", calling for a complete overhaul of its structure, powers and how it's ...

Aviva exits Australia, shutters fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
Aviva Investors is shuttering its Australian office and moving operations offshore as it also terminates its strategy, the Multi-Strategy (AIMS) Target Return Fund. Aviva told investors that it has "recently made the decision to close the investment ...

DASH secures $20m investment from Bailador

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
DASH has secured a $20 million investment from Bailador Technology Investments. The advice technology solutions company plans to use the funding to accelerate its software and platform technology while expanding its team. DASH aims to grow its workforce ...

PGIM expands APAC team with local hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
PGIM has added a former MLC Asset Management executive to its private alternatives team in the Asia Pacific. The US$1.3 trillion asset management business of Prudential Financial has appointed Dan Greyling as vice president - APAC business development ...

Local Aviva Investors managing director to exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of London insurer Aviva Plc, will farewell its local managing director following a decision to manage distribution from Singapore. Australian managing director Brett Jackson has been with the firm ...

Carlyle, Goldman Sachs give $1.6bn boost to Apex

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
... Apex said. Commenting further, Apex founder and chief executive Peter Hughes said: "We are extremely pleased to further expand our relationship with Carlyle and Goldman Sachs." "The new issuance validates Apex's strong business model but will also enable ...

Unprecedented vulnerabilities in financial services: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
KPMG specialists say disruptive technologies, particularly generative AI, and the imperative to automate, are exposing financial services executives to unprecedented vulnerabilities. In Australia, KPMG partner Matt O'Keefe noted that heightened customer ...

New NALE rules, AFCA's super powers passed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
Two separate laws that regulate how superannuation funds deal with non-arm's length expenses (NALE) and income (NALI) and expands the Australian Financial Complaints Authority's (AFCA) remit over super passed Parliament on June 25. Treasury ...

Goldman Sachs names new head of Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Goldman Sachs has appointed Mark Davis as managing director and head of Australian and New Zealand equities. Davis will lead the equities team and work closely with regional leadership to drive the strategy for expanding the client franchise in Australia ...

Vision Super in hot water over coal investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
Vision Super has found itself in hot water after analysis revealed it has purchased $2.2 million worth of Whitehaven Coal stocks after walking back its fossil fuel exclusion policy last year. The super fund changed its environmental, social and governance ...