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Interest rates drive adviser conversations in 2024

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... remain agile regardless of whichever direction they will go. The rapid upward trajectory of interest rates - from 0.10% in April 2022 to today's 4.35% - has forced financial advisers to recalibrate how they advise clients. Economists remain divided ...

Insignia Financial touts strong start to FY24, simplification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... platforms. However, we have experienced outflows from MLC Wrap ahead of transition to the contemporary Evolve platform in April." Among the group's strategic initiatives is the client wellbeing division it created last year. Today Insignia confirmed ...

ISPT fills newly created head of mandates role, announces departures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... head of capital and product development, who'll be leaving the company at the end of February. Briscoe, who joined ISPT in April 2022 from AMP Capital, initially worked on executing and delivering the ISPT Group strategy. ISPT said he was instrumental ...

Penta Capital fined for fabricated FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... Asset Management were authorised representatives of AFS Licensee Avalon Funds Management between 1 September 2022 and 19 April 2023. Avalon Funds Management is not the subject of the investigation, ASIC said.

Pension Protection Fund appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
... investments, including roles at Railpen Investments, BCI, Manulife Investments, and Sun Life. She will commence in the new role on April 1, based in London. In the interim, chief people officer Katherine Easter will act as chief executive. "We are delighted ...

Macquarie consortium bids for technology firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... Stockholm's takeover rules and the Swedish Securities Council. Byggfakta can accept the offer from 26 January and has until April 5 to make its final decision. Locally, Macquarie Asset Management officially launched its first range of actively managed ...

Former UniSuper chief appointed to CSLR board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... awaits the appointment of an independent chair by the government. The CSLR, legislated in June 2023 and operational from April 2024, offers up to $150,000 in compensation for eligible claims against insolvent financial firms in areas such as personal ...

Natixis IM subsidiary hires head of sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
... January 8, having been promoted from her role as head of ESG at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions, which she held since April 2022. Prior to that, she spent more than 12 years at Natixis Investment Managers, working in various roles such as senior ...

Court fines Linchpin, Endeavour directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... now in liquidation, were slapped with a combined $390,000 penalty by the Federal Court for breaching their duties. Last April, the court found that Ian Williams, Paul Raftery, Paul Nielsen, and Peter Daly breached numerous obligations in their roles ...

CSLR estimates $241m to fund backlog of complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) between November 2018 and September 2022. The CSLR is set to begin receiving claims in April this year, with an annual cap on compensation payable of $250 million. The board has determined that the initial levy to ...