Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 41 - 50 of 3662 results for "January"

Super fund satisfaction improves: Roy Morgan

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... found overall customer satisfaction with superannuation funds remains down 6.1% from the record high of 72% reached in January 2022. Levine stated that the decline in customer satisfaction has occurred since mid-2021 due to the volatility experienced ...

Qantas Super reduces premiums again

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
Qantas Super has again reduced its insurance premiums six months after it made a round of cuts. On January 1, Qantas Super premiums for income protection reduced by 13%, while rates for default and voluntary death and total and permanent disablement ...

MSC Trustees acquires Certane Corporate Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... and corporate trustee business formerly owned by the now-defunct Sargon Capital. Following the transaction settlement on January 12, MSC Trustees now has some $30 billion in funds under appointment in acquiring the division of the Certane Group, which ...

Adviser registration deadline moves to February 16

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... registration deadline in fear that many relevant providers will not make the February 1 cut off. The 4036 advisers who as of January 18 have outstanding registrations, according to ASIC, now have until February 16 to register. "Given that the period ...

Advisers urged to check ASIC registration status

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
... listed on the Financial Advisers Register. While all advisers registered with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) as at 1 January 2022 and have no changed licensee are automatically registered, the FAAA estimates almost 6000 advisers are yet to be registered ...

Macquarie consortium bids for technology firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... industry," the committee said. The offer price includes a 31% premium on Byggfakta's closing price of SEK 35.2 on January 4. The transaction is subject to Nasdaq Stockholm's takeover rules and the Swedish Securities Council. Byggfakta can accept ...

SimCorp names new country manager for Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... strategic direction for the investment firm's growth in the local market. Cotroneo, who's appointment took effect on January 2, brings over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. He was most recently head of securities services ...

Saxo lowers trading costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
Trading platform Saxo has overhauled its fee structure so investors can trade for as little as $3. From January 15, investors on Saxo's platform buying and selling Australian equities pay a minimum $3. Competitors such as Stake charges the same ...

Pinnacle collects large performance fees, writes down OpenInvest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
... adding that it is entering the second half with "grounds for cautious optimism". "We also expect that opening FUM as at 1 January 2024 will be higher than the average during 1H FY24 and this will contribute to the 'skew' in our results, which tends to ...

Natixis IM subsidiary hires head of sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
... affiliate Flexstone Partners appointed a managing director and head of sustainability. Samira Boussem took the post on January 8, having been promoted from her role as head of ESG at Natixis Investment Managers Solutions, which she held since April 2022. ...