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Financial Standard - June 16, 2025

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June 16, 2025

Aged care reforms pushed back

The government is delaying the implementation of the new Aged Care Act until November 1 following widespread concerns that stakeholders weren't given enough time to prepare.

1 mins

ASIC shrinks IPO timetable for ASX

Initiating a two-year trial, ASIC has enabled a shorter initial public offering (IPO) timetable for eligible entities seeking to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

1 mins

Better public, private markets can nab instos

Australia can ensnare large investors away from the US amid its unpredictable trade wars and social and political unrest if it gets the settings around private and public markets right. Many institutional investors, experts say, are already considering their options.

3 mins

The gap between expectation and reality

As we all know by now, in April a group of cybercriminals attempted to gain access to many Australians' superannuation fund accounts. Using data they'd found on the dark web, including usernames and passwords, they attempted to withdraw their retirement savings.

2 mins

Ironbark acquires family office firm

Ironbark Investment Partners has expanded its private wealth business with the acquisition of Mercury Private, a Sydney-based high-net-worth and family office firm.

1 mins

ASIC sues Australian Unity

ASIC is suing Australian Unity Funds Management for allegedly failing to ensure retail investors fit the suitable target market for its investment product, the Select Income Fund.

1 mins

Perpetual mulls tie up with Partners Group

Perpetual is mulling a partnership with Partners Group's Australian arm to develop products and investment strategies for public and private assets.

1 mins

ASIC blasts managed funds’ poor compliance

Too many responsible entities (REs) of managed funds are falling short of their obligations to adequately address design and distribution obligations (DDO), the reportable situations regime and internal dispute resolution processes and reporting (IDR), an ASIC review found, warning that such inadequate compliance plans indicate governance failings.

1 mins

Super funds to take stock of information security controls

After some super funds were targeted by cybercriminals in April, the prudential regulator is now reminding trustees of its expectations regarding information security.

2 mins

Private credit market has lenders sweating

Stamford Capital's Debt Capital Markets survey has revealed that lenders are uneasy about the size and practices of Australia’s private credit market.

1 mins

Rest hires chief member officer

Rest has appointed Simone Van Veen as chief member officer, taking over from general manager, brand and member experience Andrew Ford who stepped in as interim chief member officer following the departure of Deborah Potts in November last year.

1 mins

AMP launches new super feature

AMP has launched AMP Super Lifetime; a superannuation feature it claims could lift members' retirement incomes by over $100,000 in the first decade post-work.

1 mins

HESTA turns the lights back on after shutdown

HESTA has completed the transition of its member administration services to GROW Inc, restoring online services after a seven-week disruption to transactions and app access.

1 mins

Islamic finance industry association established

The Islamic Finance and Investments Association (IFIA) will work to further Australia's nascent Islamic banking, finance and investments sector and Shariah compliant standards.

1 mins

ASIC grants no- action position

ASIC has granted a limited no-action position in response to an issue related to the inclusion of account numbers in a client's written consent for the deduction of ongoing advice fees.

1 mins

Syfe plots major Aussie expansion

Syfe, which recently acquired Selfwealth, has raised more than $80 million to fund its Australian expansion which will focus on the mass affluent market.

1 mins

Superhero plans ‘mass affluent’ wealth play

Superhero has welcomed its first chief investment officer, as it targets Australians seeking sophisticated solutions without the need for advice.

2 mins

Stable drivers for return

Dividend policies do matter

4 mins

TIGHT SHIP

Has the race to the bottom on ultra-low administration fees come at the expense of fund administrators and ultimately member outcomes? Karren Vergara reports.

10+ mins

Super funds' private market assets grow

Superannuation funds had $400 billion invested in private market assets, jumping 34% in the two years to June 2024, Rainmaker Information analysis of APRA data shows.

1 mins

SS&C lands fresh admin mandate

SS&C Technologies has been awarded a mandate by a boutique fund services provider to investment managers in Australia to support its fund services operations.

1 mins

BlackRock to list its first active ETF

BlackRock Australia is set to launch its first local active ETF, bringing a US equities strategy.

1 mins

Quality over quantity: CareSuper on mergers

The dust has barely settled on the merger that created CareSuper as it is today and chief executive Jason Murrayº¹ is gearing up for another in mere months - but he's not looking to make a habit of it.

2 mins

DIVISION 29 THE END OF SUPER AS WE KNOW IT?

With the government set to pass Division 296.high-net-worth Australians are looking to take assets out of super to avoid the tax while fresh money is looking for a home outside of the super system. Lachlan Colquhoun writes.

10+ mins

Australia's billionaire boom branded 'morally wrong' by Oxfam

The ranks of Australian billionaires have more than doubled over the past decade, accumulating wealth at $137 million per day on average - $95,000 per minute, according to Oxfam Australia. Its acting chief executive Christina Muli described this as \"morally wrong.

1 mins

GESB to roll out premium changes

GESB is making a range of changes to its group insurance offering, reducing some premium rates and implementing premium waivers for some members.

1 mins

Regal Partners charts US course

Regal Partners is planning a push into North America, making its first local hire.

1 mins

AIOFP, FAAA encouraged by first meeting with Mulino

Following their inaugural meeting with new financial services minister Daniel Mulino, the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) and Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) feel enthused about the impact he will have on the profession.

1 mins

MAX Awards honour the best of the best in 2025

The industry's top advertisers, marketers and salespeople celebrated excellence at the annual event.

1 mins

New Forests sees potential in Vietnamese timber

New Forests made its first investment in Vietnam, backing one of the country’s top suppliers of lumber and logs.

1 mins

Macquarie snaps up Brazil toll road

Macquarie Asset Management has acquired 100% of Monte Rodovias, a toll road portfolio platform in Brazil, via its managed funds with Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VI.

1 mins

Dai-ichi Life acquires 15% of asset manager M&G

Dai-ichi Life HD, which owns TAL, will acquire 15% of British asset manager M&G, with the two establishing a long-term strategic partnership across asset management and life insurance.

2 mins

Touchstone closes flagship fund

Touchstone Asset Management has closed its flagship Australian equity fund nearly a decade after it launched.

1 mins

Apostle brings CastleKnight to Australia

Apostle Funds Management is bringing CastleKnight Management, a US$2.2 billion hedge fund manager, to Australia for the first time.

1 mins

Why more insto investors will look to hold crypto

Until recently, crypto’s standing amongst money managers was largely as a fringe asset — volatile, speculative, and too unruly for the buttoned-down world of institutional investing. But that world is changing, fast.

3 mins

National minimum wage to rise 3.5%

The National Minimum Wage and all modern award minimum wage rates will increase by 3.5% on July 1.

1 mins

COVID 'masked' issues at core of productivity problem: PC

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a “productivity bubble”, in which measured labour productivity rose to a record high between January 2020 and March 2022 before returning to pre-pandemic levels in June 2023, the Productivity Commission (PC) has revealed.

1 mins

The big bank

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), our biggest bank, has added another feather to its cap; it is now the biggest company on the ASX with a total market capitalisation over $300 billion, approximately 10% of the ASX’s total value.

1 mins

Korean discount

As of late when South Korea has been in the news it has tended to be for the wrong reasons.

1 mins

TO THE FUTURE

After a few years of \"cleaning up the past,\" AMP chief executive Alexis George has her sights firmly set on the future and restoring the wealth giant to its former glory.

4 mins

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Editor: Rainmaker-Information-Pty-Limited

Categoría: Newspaper

Idioma: English

Frecuencia: Fortnightly

Financial Standard is focused on providing trade news, investment analysis and education for superannuation trustees, financial advisers, researchers, consultants, investment managers, and professional investors.

In an evolving and complex marketplace, Financial Standard is a uniquely open forum for the delivery and exchange of information and ideas.

Financial Standard's investment analysis is its key point of differentiation from any other publication available on the market today, generated internally by our intelligence unit and through liaison with leading investment practitioners.

Financial Standard is a part of Rainmaker Group's media division.