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Government passes FAR legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
The Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) passed the upper and lower houses of parliament yesterday, more than four years after it was first introduced. The Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023 will apply to the banking industry six months after ...

Rest awards mandate to specialist fund manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
Rest has granted an investment mandate to renewable fund manager Octopus Australia, seeking to bolster long-term returns for its 1.9 million members. The $75 billion industry fund's investment coincides with Octopus closing its second fundraising round ...

Returns from agriculture a perfect storm of demographics, demand

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
Demographic shifts, rising food demand, inflation hedging, and ongoing farm consolidation are revolutionising how the world produces food and invests in the agriculture sector. Speaking at the AIST ASI Conference this week, Warakirri Asset Management ...

Ninety-seven super products fail performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
Of the 97 products to fail this year's superannuation performance test, 96 are trustee-directed products - 75% of which are issued by the same four trustees. Released this morning, the 2023 performance test marks the first time trustee-directed ...

How to warm up for a 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
Institutional investors need to prepare for what would happen when Australia's temperature hits 50 degrees and analyse the impacts on investments and communities. The impact of a 50-degree day was the subject of a climate risk simulation exercise at ...

It's time to fill your boots with private debt

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... is repaid in full, especially in an uncertain economic environment. Thankfully, the US economy is holding up fairly well so far," Kasser concluded. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' ...

Integro Private Wealth acquires Wealth Advantage

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
The Perth-based family office advice firm has officially taken on Albany-based firm Wealth Advantage Group, in a strategic move to target more family offices across the state. While Wealth Advantage will remain in its Albany office, its staff have already ...

Insignia consolidates further, creates Client Wellbeing arm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... to extend our advice capabilities in a way that serves the community but also grows the business." While he wouldn't go as far as to say it was in direct response to the QAR, Mota did say it's Insignia positioning itself to execute in the new environment ...

ASIC cracks down on former adviser, comedian

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
... time of the alleged conduct. In September 2021 he moved to We Are Gen Y before ceasing on 30 December 2021. Valvo's ASIC FAR record dates back to 2007 when he was licensed through Insignia Platforms - no relation to Insignia Financial. It also shows ...

Super funds lobby for super tax reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... simple change means the lowest-paid women are essentially paying for the retirement of higher income earners who are receiving far more generous support. "It's grossly unfair that low-income workers - most of whom are women - are the only Australians ...