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BUSSQ handed stricter licence conditions by APRA amid appeal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
After the Federal Court threw out BUSSQ's bid to overturn the regulator's additional licence conditions, the super fund is gearing up for another fight. APRA said the imposition of the additional licence conditions on BUSSQ are to safeguard ...

Betashares launches Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... products - to improve cost efficiency for investors seeking Bitcoin exposure on the ASX. VanEck chief executive and managing director for Asia Pacific Arian Neiron noted that there's been strong momentum in Bitcoin over the last few months. "The increased ...

Convicted adviser fails to appeal prison sentence

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... yesterday. Grimm was initially banned by ASIC from providing financial services for 20 years in 2016, tied to his role as a director at the wound up business Ostrava Equities where it was found to have engaged dishonest conduct by charging unauthorised ...

Life insurers enhance domestic violence response

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... who is respectful, compassionate, and empowered to assist them in their time of need," Cupitt said. Flequity Ventures director Catherine Fitzpatrick said consideration of financial abuse should be allocated within life insurance's product design. "The ...

Challenger profits up, share price falls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... board also declared a fully franked interim dividend of 14.5 cents per share - an increase of 12%. Challenger managing director and chief executive Nick Hamilton said the firm reported a "strong result" delivering against financial targets and executing ...

HMC Capital boosts AUM by 45% to $19bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... opportunities. The fund has four seed assets and is currently engaging multiple institutional investors. HMC managing director and chief executive David Di Pilla said: "We are seeing momentum pick up in our real estate division which is on-track to establish ...

Partners Wealth Group appoints new head of Partners Private

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... opportunities for clients and partner businesses. Herd has over 25 years of experience in financial services, most recently as a director of global investment services at Westpac - and in a previous tenure at the bank, a director of private wealth. Herd ...

Platforms placate fee consent ordeal: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... capabilities, particularly as financial advisers come to dread the new fee consent renewal process, SuitabilityHub managing director Recep Peker says. This is one of the main findings in SuitabilityHub's 2025 Platform Market Wrap report, which analysed ...

Capital Group promotes for key distribution role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... Australia role will now be held by Jorden Brown. Brown has been with Capital Group since 2014 and was most recently managing director, financial intermediaries for Australia and New Zealand. Before joining Capital Group, Brown spent nine years at Perpetual ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
The Senate Economics Committee has released its third interim report as part of the inquiry into Australia's retirement system. Senate Economics Committee chair Senator Andrew Bragg said the third report is focused around the "shocking governance ...