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Angela Jackson to helm annual Chief Economists Forum

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
Impact Economics and Policy lead economist Angela Jackson is set to lead discussions at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum 2024, joined by industry stalwart Don Stammer. Bringing together more than 700 of the industry's leading financial ...

Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... should get all their money back. Michael Chapman, a director at Melbourne-based law firm Mackay Chapman, told Financial Standard that SMSF auditors failed in their duties, and if they had not failed in those duties, his clients would not have suffered ...

'Significant deficiencies' lead APRA to act against NGS Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... licence conditions as it looks to remedy "significant deficiencies" in its cyber controls. As first reported by Financial Standard, on March 17 the super fund's systems were compromised in a cyber-attack, with "some limited data" accessed. NGS was ...

Barings prepares new strategies for local institutional investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... five years ago with several new entrants coming into the market," Barings managing director Justin Hooley told Financial Standard. "From a supply side perspective, this has resulted in about half a dozen decent, capable managers, giving private borrowers ...

Payday super timing, deliberate: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... impact. "I suspect the main thing is to keep the employers happy," he explained in a recent episode of the Financial Standard podcast. "Some of the employers who are currently only paying quarterly, even though they might pay payroll, fortnightly or ...

Industry needs better retirement advice blueprint: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
... increasingly more complex, an industry expert says. Optimum Pensions head of engagement Stephen Huppert told Financial Standard that it's time for the advice industry to knuckle down on how they can help clients achieve better outcomes in retirement ...

Vale Charlie Munger

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
... all time," Centaur Financial Services managing director and self-proclaimed Munger fan Hugh Robertson told Financial Standard. "I will truly miss listening in to Berkshire Hathaway annual meetings and seeing those two up on stage bantering with each ...

ASX calls time on mFund settlement service

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
... established to determine the most effective method for discontinuing the service. As previously reported by Financial Standard, Australian Shareholder Association (ASA) chief executive Rachel Waterhouse advised that a closure of mFund would leave investors ...

Super funds increasing offshore investment, currency hedging lessens: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... deploying incoming capital to the domestic market without amplifying concentration risk," Bennet said. He told Financial Standard that there's a noticeable division, with larger firms leading the charge, which is intuitively logical considering the ...

HSBC launches local venture debt offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... software-as-a-service companies to climate tech. HSBC tech sector lead for Australia and New Zealand Alan Watters told Financial Standard the bank has already provided venture debt to two Australian start-ups using its US balance sheet. "So, we knew ...