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Advice sector sweats on looming exits
The lack of action on the financial adviser shortage continues to frustrate the advice sector, as the pending education standard deadline threatens to make things worse.
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August 12, 2025
Financial Standard
Perpetual to launch active ETF
Perpetual is readying to launch an actively managed fixed income ETF in early August.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
Financial Standard
Law firm eyes First Guardian, Shield class action
Slater and Gordon Lawyers are investigating a potential class action on behalf of investors in First Guardian Master Fund and Shield Master Fund for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme with thousands of Australians' superannuation savings.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
Financial Standard
Adviser banned for PRP supervision failures
A financial adviser that did not properly supervise a provisional relevant provider (PRP) is now banned from the industry for five years.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
Financial Standard
Aware Super, TelstraSuper explore merger
Aware Super and TelstraSuper have announced the signing of a nonbinding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore a potential merger between the two superannuation funds.
2 min |
August 12, 2025
Financial Standard
Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut
A new Productivity Commission (PC) proposal suggests slashing Australia’s company tax rate would boost GDP by $14 billion with no net cost to the Budget over the medium term.
1 min |
August 12, 2025
Financial Standard
Data mastery: How practices can unlock growth and know their client
Most financial advisers enter the profession to try and make their clients' lives better, including helping them to reach their goals and to prepare for a happy retirement.
2 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Gold bullion versus Bitcoin
Bitcoin and gold bullion continue their remarkable price rise. The question is whether to finally invest in one or both the assets.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Mental health claims spike
More Australians are leaving work permanently due to mental ill health than ever before with insurers paying out over $2.2 billion in mental health claims last year, according to new data from the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI).
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
TAKING THE REINS
Georgina Dudley had been with JANA for 14 years before taking on the top job and she is uniquely positioned to lead the firm forward in a quickly changing environment. Eliza Bavin writes.
5 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
BlackRock sets new AUM record in June
BlackRock’s assets under management have ballooned to a record US$12.5 trillion in June, jumping 18% over the last 12 months.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Padua Solutions buys Wealth Data
Padua Solutions is strengthening its data capabilities with the acquisition of Wealth Data following a successful capital raise, which closed at $2 million over its target.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Mawhinney contravened law: Federal Court
In a win for ASIC, Mayfair 101 Group director James Mawhinney has been associated with or involved in contraventions of the law by his companies, the Federal Court determined.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Trump's tariffs and the RBA
After the RBA surprised economists by leaving interest rates on hold in July, GSFM investment specialist Stephen Miller expects the central bank will have some of its concerns addressed as US President Donald Trump's tariffs come back into effect.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
HUB24 reports $136bn FUA
HUB24's total funds under administration (FUA) reached a record $136.4 billion at the end of June.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
QIC sells to La Caisse
Canadian pension fund La Caisse will acquire a stake in the QIC-backed Renewa, a renewable energy land financing company located in the US, for US$200 million ($307m).
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers
Two financial advice licensees have paid infringement notices after they were found to have authorised advisers and had them provide personal advice while unregistered, according to the corporate regulator.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties
While Australian investors breathed a resounding sigh of relief when US President Donald Trump binned section 899 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), local multinationals, however, were lumped with grave uncertainties surrounding the global Pillar 2 tax regime. Karren Vergara reports.
6 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Hostplus shuts two options
Hostplus said it plans to shutter two investment options, effective September 30.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Dexus rebuilds DWSF
Dexus has added a significant asset to the Dexus Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund with a $683 million investment.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
IFS finds $226m in unpaid super
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has collected more than $226 million of unpaid superannuation in the previous financial year, bringing its total recoveries to over $2 billion to date.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Inflation and yields
The 2024/25 financial year has seen inflation seemingly bought under control.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Brookfield takes stake in Cromwell
Brookfield will soon take over a 19.9% stake in Cromwell Property Group as ESR Group sells down its remaining stake.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
UK ditches Green Taxonomy
The UK government has abandoned the Green Taxonomy as it believes it “would not be the most effective tool to deliver the green transition” and should not be part of the sustainable finance framework.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
McKell Institute calls for CGT 'circuit breaker'
A new paper from the McKell Institute calls for a major shakeup of capital gains tax (CGT) via a 'circuit breaker' proposal to the stalled national housing debate.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
UniSuper delivers for members
UniSuper has delivered a 10.3% p.a. return for it's Balanced (default) option for the year to June 30.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Alternatives stable pushes Navigator assets higher
Ongoing volatility continues to bolster Navigator Global Investments’ (NGI) performance as its stable of active, alternative strategies saw assets under management (AUM) jump to US$86 billion at the end of June.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
CSC awards sustainable credit mandate
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) is the seed investor in two new sustainable credit funds from UK-based manager Osmosis Investment Management.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
SS&C Technologies to take over Calastone
SS&C Technologies Holdings is set to acquire Calastone for nearly $1.6 billion (£766m) upon Carlyle Group announcing it will divest the majority stake it bought in 2020.
1 min |
July 28, 2025
Financial Standard
Insignia accepts CC Capital bid
Insignia Financial entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed (SID) to be acquired by New York-based CC Capital Partners for a value of $3.3 billion.
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