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CEDA calls for 'seamless economy' reforms as Roundtable begins

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
A new report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has called on the government to kick off a new wave of seamless economy reforms and boost its National Productivity Fund. Towards a more seamless Australian economy called ...

Evidentia names chief risk, operating officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... investment services. Komadina also worked in senior roles at Perpetual's private wealth business, including general manager of product and investments, and head of products. At Evidentia, Komadina will oversee operational infrastructure, risk management ...

Funds SA pushes for efficiencies with AI targets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
Targets around the use of artificial intelligence (AI) will be baked into the performance plans of every staff member at the centralised investment manager. Funds SA is rolling out an AI strategy, aimed at boosting efficiencies and productivity within ...

HUB24 reports record inflows, user growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... related to the jump in FUA and the addition of more full-time staff as part of its increased investment in technology, product and operations. The total group revenues were $406.6 million, with the platform achieving $323.3 million. The group's total ...

ASIC turns spotlight on direct life sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... areas to be "in a better position to demonstrate their compliance with legal obligations". The first is to strengthen product design by better using customer feedback. This can be via testing and incorporating complaints, claims, and cancellation data ...

Adviser banned for UGC, Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
Gold Coast-based financial adviser Andrew Rankin has been banned for four years for failing to act in clients' best interests by pushing them to invest in the Global Capital Property Fund (GCPF) and Pivotal Diversified Fund. The banning took effect ...

Aberdeen to terminate three funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
Aberdeen Investments is shutting down three funds due to declining investor demand, which has seen the funds diminish in size. The abrdn International Equity Fund, abrdn Multi-Asset Income Fund, and abrdn Multi-Asset Real Return Fund will be terminated ...

Leaders push for overseas skills recognition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
Industry group leaders and politicians have come together to urge the government to prioritise reform of Australia's overseas skills recognition system at this week's Economic Reform Roundtable. In its submission to the Economic Reform Roundtable, the ...

WAM eyes Platinum LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... retention. "This should help stabilise funds under management and improve earnings, mainly from cross-selling L1's product set to Platinum clients," he said. Under the proposed merger, L1 shareholders would own around 74% of the combined entity ...

Bell Financial reports 44% slump in profit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Bell Financial Group (BFG) saw net profit after tax slump by 44% in its latest performance update, dragged by market volatility impacting the broking business. The group reported NPAT of $9.3 million for its half-year to June 2025 results. The broking ...