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FICAP Rockstar back in July

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... taking place on July 27 at Mary's Underground in Sydney, kicking off at 6.30pm - pop it in your calendar! Financial Standard is the official media partner of FICAP and the Rockstar event.

Super funds consider future of PwC contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... services with the embattled management consultancy are keeping a watchful eye on developments. As reported by Financial Standard, Treasury has referred PwC to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for investigation. Australian Treasury Secretary Steven ...

Generation Life rolls out product enhancements

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... income in the early years so they can live life to the fullest throughout their retirement." Speaking with Financial Standard, Clarke underscored the importance of flexibility for retirees. "In retirement every customer is unique, each with a different ...

Advisers outsourcing to amplify investment capabilities: Mason Stevens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
A Mason Stevens whitepaper says that financial advisers are increasingly embracing outsourcing of their investment capability. Mason Stevens said the main economics of outsourcing are the time freed up for the adviser to nurture client relationships ...

Senate Committee rethinks franking credit changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee has urged the government to review laws that would impact franked dividends funded by capital raisings. In February, the government tabled the Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Measures No.1) Bill 2023 which among ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
Greenhushing - in which companies stop all voluntary disclosure of ESG information - is just another form of greenwashing, according to ASIC chair Joe Longo. In a public speech, Longo provided additional context to the market regulator's focus on ESG ...

ESSSuper reduces admin fees, renews insurance mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... strategic initiative undertaken to ready ESSSuper for the change, since late 2019. In December 2021, ESSSuper told Financial Standard that reductions to admin fees were part of the plan, to follow "reinvesting in the member experience to ensure that ...

First Sentier clients walk away with $13bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... needs for liquidity or as they reposition or rebalance portfolios," an FSI spokesperson wrote in a statement to Financial Standard. "While we cannot speak for the reasons clients might move their money, we do observe that volatile markets tend to see ...

Geoff Lloyd to chair Stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Former Perpetual and MLC chief executive Geoff Lloyd has been appointed as chair of Stake. In October 2020, after a two-year tenure at the helm of MLC, Lloyd departed following the company's agreement to be acquired by IOOF. This period also marked ...

Dexus, Partners Wealth Group airport fund to take off

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... become available. The fund is open ended and targeting a total return of about 9%. A Dexus spokesperson told Financial Standard that the fund provides "a rare opportunity for wholesale investors to obtain exposure to a key piece of privately owned infrastructure ...