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Financial Standard
Family offices to make APAC splash
Most family offices intend to boost their allocations to Asia Pacific, excluding Greater China, over the next five years.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Nest drops $930m into new IFM Investors fund
After taking a 10% stake in the investment giant, UK pension fund Nest will seed a new infrastructure debt fund from IFM Investors.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
CFS awards global mandate
US fund manager Brown Advisory has won the mandate to oversee the global equities strategy available on FirstChoice, debuting on May 24.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Zurich cops fine from regulator
Zurich Australia has paid two infringement notices totalling $37,560 issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over alleged false and misleading statements to two policyholders.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Unearthing hidden gems and securing small cap outperformance
An extreme underperformance of small companies compared to large companies suggests small companies could be in a position to play catch-up to large caps and outperform over time.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Australian Unity offloads fund
Australian Unity has agreed to sell Australian Unity Investments Limited (AUIL), the responsible entity of the Australian Unity Property Income Fund (PIF), to Newmark Capital (Newmark).
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Cointree hit with AUSTRAC fine
AUSTRAC has hit crypto exchange Cointree with a $75,120 infringement notice over alleged failures to submit suspicious matter reports (SMRs) to AUSTRAC on time.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Levy underspend expected: CSLR
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) is set to underspend its $24.1 million FY25 levy.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Rest lands new chief investment officer
Rest has named a new chief investment officer, appointing a former super fund chief, following the departure of Andrew Lill in November last year.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Productivity Commission identifies priority reforms
The Productivity Commission (PC) has identified 15 priority reform areas for further exploration under the five productivity inquiries commissioned by the government.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Panic selling of SMSF assets 'unnecessary'
SMSF Alliance principal David Busoli said panic selling of SMSF assets over concerns around the Albanese government's proposed 30% tax on superannuation assets over $3 million is \"totally unnecessary\" and urged people to \"look at the facts\".
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Future Fund bags Transgrid
Future Fund has acquired a 10% stake in energy transmission operator Transgrid from $155.5 billion Canadian pension fund OMERS.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Escala poised to overhaul strategy, leadership
Private wealth manager Escala Partners is poised for a management overhaul that could see the appointment of a new chief executive, according to people familiar with the matter.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
New SMSF trustees drive financial advice uptake
Trustees of newly established self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are behind a surge in the uptake of financial advice, according to a Vanguard/Investment Trends SMSF report.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Going coconuts
While the beast of inflation has been tamed, or at least on enough of a downward trend to enter the Reserve Bank of Australia's target range, there have still been steep price rises localised to individual commodities or sectors along the way.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Guidance on tax-deductible advice fees released
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), in consultation with leading accounting bodies, has released new guidance on tax-deductible advice fees.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Bangarra Group awards mandate
Family office Bangarra Group has appointed a real estate fund manager to help it build more than 3000 homes in the UK, of which one third will be dedicated to affordable housing.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
FTX creditors await US$5bn
Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX is set to payout US$5 billion to creditors starting May 30.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
QSuper settles $67m class action
QSuper, which merged with Sunsuper to create Australian Retirement Trust (ART), Australia's second-largest super fund, has reached a $67 million out-of-court settlement over claims members were overcharged for life insurance premiums.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Super funds covet more global equities, J.P. Morgan finds
Superannuation funds substantially upped holdings in global equities but scaled back on cash, as well as local fixed income and equities in the second half of 2024, new analysis from J.P. Morgan shows.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
ASIC far from done with super sector: Constant
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant has told Financial Standard the regulator has super funds in its sights for more than just claims handling delays.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
CAPTIVATING AN AUDIENCE
While it may be out of favour with the younger generation, AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina is drawing on her expertise, passion and creative content to get us all interested in economics.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
La Trobe lists product on ASX
La Trobe Financial, the Brookfield-owned alternative asset manager with $20 billion in assets under management, has launched its first fund on the ASX.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Listed private equity: A strategic opportunity
The sharp escalation in global trade tensions in 2025 has seen investment flows disrupted, merger and acquisition activity has slowed, and many institutional investors are reassessing their allocations amid rising capital costs and heightened geopolitical risk.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Allspring selects distribution partner
Bennelong Funds Management has partnered with Allspring Global Investments to distribute its global income strategy across Australia and New Zealand.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Equip Super, TelstraSuper terminate merger plans
Equip Super and TelstraSuper will no longer merge, with the latter saying it was unlikely to achieve its objectives.
2 min |
June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Sudden realisations
Where to start with the $3 million super tax, the thing that's dominated the news cycle like nothing has in a long time?
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
'Going corporate' key to family business success: KPMG
Corporate structures in family businesses including having a board, M&A activity, and capital investment are key to achieving growth in family businesses, according to the latest KPMG Enterprise/STEP Global Family Business report.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
Relaxed superannuation preservation rules will sink returns: Frontier
A Frontier report, commissioned by the Super Members Council, has argued that current preservation rules provide super funds with the flexibility to invest in unlisted assets, and warned that permanently relaxing these rules will decrease long-term returns for members.
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June 02, 2025
Financial Standard
ASX admits CHESS tech staff 'stretched'
The ASX has completed a resourcing and capability review for CHESS, after an outage occurred in late December 2024 which saw a “technical issue” on the CHESS Batch Settlement that disrupted and delayed several days’ trade settlements.
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