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AUSIEX to acquire FIIG Securities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... data of more than 18,000 clients stolen and released on the dark web. According to ASIC, FIIG failed to have adequate cyber risk management systems in place for a period of four years - from March 2019 to June 2023. Due to this failure, ASIC alleges ...

BNP Paribas names chief for Australia, NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... late 2009 when she joined as head of energy commodities finance and credit management. Her other roles include leading the risk function for Asia Pacific. "BNP Paribas has a longstanding presence and rich history in Australia and New Zealand. With his ...

Inflation figures point to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... range before we start sharpening the knife for further rate cuts." Chesler added that global events continue to be an ongoing risk to the Australian economy. "Obviously, the elephant in the room is the Trump tariffs regime. The longer-term impact of ...

MFS expands Australian offering with contrarian strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... Zealand Josh Barton said: "The MFS Global Contrarian Equity Trust combines the best of MFS' contrarian investing expertise and risk management with a unique mandate designed to complement and diversify global equities exposures within Australian portfolios." ...

Perpetual Wealth Management adds five senior advisers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... financial advisers later this month. Patrick Malone has already joined as a partner leading Priority Life, Perpetual's specialist risk advisory business. Perpetual Wealth Management chief executive Mark Smith said the new hires would support the firm's ...

Local challenger enters Australia's ETF market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... launch. The firm is led by Cliff Man as chief executive, David Tuckwell as chief investment officer, and Arjun Shanker as chief risk officer. They previously held senior roles at Global X ETFs, with Man serving as second-in-command and head of portfolio ...

LGT Crestone poaches CRO from Challenger

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
LGT Crestone Wealth Management has nabbed a top risk professional from Challenger Ltd. After seven years at Challenger in several risk and compliance roles, Karen James Lawson has stepped into the top risk role at LTG Crestone. Confirming the appointment ...

UK watchdog to open Australian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... role at Aviva Investors for two years before that. A native Australian, early in her career Blackburn worked in regulatory risk at Macquarie Bank and spent five years in the investment banking team at ASIC. She also served as head of compliance, Asia ...

Future Group confirms more mergers ahead, undertakes review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... Future Trust and Acenda will remain as policy administrator. The two will also partner to keep Acenda's on-sale retail risk products available to financial advisers and their clients. "We have built a strong relationship with Acenda and are looking ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... the USD-backed stablecoin (USDC) via our exchange services and these stablecoins are then lent to us. Block Earner delivers risk-adjusted, high returns by working exclusively with partners whose investment strategies are proven, sustainable and measured." ...