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Financial Standard
Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year
The winners were crowned at an event on June 5.
2 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
GRACIOUS LEADERSHIP
J.P. Morgan Asset Management head of wholesale Australia and New Zealand Mark Carlile has always put respect for others front and centre, and it's carried him a long way. Matthew Wai writes.
4 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
BALANCING ACT
In just 15 years, the number of Australians aged over 75 will have skyrocketed to 3.7 million. Ast more of the population enters retirement, how will super funds manage their increased liabilities while still acting in all members' best financial interests? .
10+ min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Name firms that defy AFCA: FAAA
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) and four other professional bodies are urging the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) to name and shame financial firms that fail to follow through on a determination as more than 60 have failed to do so.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Perpetual swaps admin provider
Perpetual Investment Management has awarded MUFG Pension & Market Services (MPMS) a mandate to oversee its investor and member administration services.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
HESTA adds Euro property to fold
HESTA is investing in European alternative property via a new mandate with global real estate investment manager Heitman.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Small super funds win on trust
Small industry super funds lead on trust, service, and value for money, according to CoreData’s annual member engagement survey.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Rest pilots Payday Super tech, moves to implement
The $93 billion super fund will now work with its administrator to implement the Wrkr employer services platform in preparation for Payday Super.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Adviser banned over $15m scam
A former financial adviser that redirected $14.8 million in client and family funds into a crypto scam has been banned for 10 years.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Macoun unloads Pinnacle shares
Pinnacle managing director Ian Macoun, who founded the investment management firm, has sold nearly four million shares in the firm for $76.7 million; the proceeds are earmarked for reinvestment in its affiliated fund manager Metrics.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Job market hits rate cut chances
The Australian labour market remained robust in May, with the unemployment rate sitting at 4.1%, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Super spending calls BFID compliance into question
There is still much room for improvement when it comes to super funds' expenditure management practices, with APRA finding some RSEs caring more about competing with peers than members' best financial interests, others not having revisited historic arrangements since the BFID was legislated, and a host of other shortcomings.
3 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Increased demand drives valuations
The price multiples for financial planning practices have risen as much as 30% in the past 12 months, analysis shows.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Happy EOFY
And just like that, we’ve made it through another financial year.
2 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Navigating commercial lending: Key insights for HNWIs and families
High-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and families often have complex financial strategies and multiple business interests.
2 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC
Equity Trustees was fined nearly $60,000 by the regulator for making misleading statements about the holdings of a sustainable bond fund.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Perennial Partners buys Melior stake
Perennial Partners is buying a majority stake in Melior Investment Management and will take over its flagship impact fund.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
SMC backs principles-based approach to governance
Super Members Council (SMC) has championed the flexibility of a principles-based approach to corporate governance as essential for effective oversight, risk management, and accountability, warning against a 'tick-the-box' approach in its submission to the prudential regulator's Governance Review.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Chalmers urges tax reform
Treasurer Jim Chalmers made the case that sensible progress can't be made without proper consideration of more tax reform.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Nominations open for 2025 Power50
Nominations for the 2025 Financial Standard Power50 are now open, searching for the 50 most “influential” financial advisers in Australia, backed by readers of Financial Standard and FS Advice — The Australian Journal of Financial Planning.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University
New Forests made its first investment in Vietnam, backing one of the country's top suppliers of lumber and logs.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Stability and discipline: A winning combo
In taking a “cautiously optimistic” outlook on emerging market bonds for the next six months, Alessia Berardi, head of emerging macro strategy at the Amundi Investment Institute, says she particularly favours countries with “strong fiscal discipline, stable political conditions, and improving credit profiles.”
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Union redundancy funds in ASIC's sights
ASIC has released a consultation paper to seek feedback on whether the Corporations Act should apply to trade union redundancy funds.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
APRA plans to remove 'unnecessary obstacles' for longevity products
APRA has proposed changes to its prudential framework for annuities, committing to removing unnecessary obstacles to the development of more “innovative” and “competitively priced” longevity products.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Future Fund to manage select asset classes in-house
Future Fund chair Greg Combet¹ said that the $300 billion sovereign wealth fund has received the green light from the government to manage a portion of its portfolio internally, speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Sydney.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Boutiques wield independence, specialisation over larger managers: Research
New research shows that boutique fund managers count their independence, specialist strategies and ability to align interests with clients as their main competitive advantage and what helps them earn the \"boutique premium” over bigger players.
2 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
Super Fierce goes into liquidation
Super Fierce, the digital advice platform that compares superannuation products, is now in liquidation three years after it launched.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
New SMSF lobby group launches
The SMSF Innovation Council has launched to provide the SMSF sector with education, advocacy and a best-practice framework to help navigate the digital assets landscape.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
TWG Global to acquire LA Lakers: Reports
Fresh from acquiring a stake in Mubadala Investment Company, TWG Global will reportedly acquire the LA Lakers for US$10 billion.
1 min |
June 30, 2025
Financial Standard
ASIC cancels FSGA'S AFSL
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Financial Services Group Australia (FSGA), which has links to the Shield Master Fund and the First Guardian Master Fund.
1 min |