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LGT Crestone, AUSIEX acquisitions finalised

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... solutions. AUSIEX chief executive Patrick Salis said with this transaction, AUSIEX will "provide local institutions, financial advisers, family offices, SMSF and high-net-worth and wholesale investors with one of the most comprehensive investments trading ...

ASIC alleges Choosi flogged Hannover life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... insurance policies. Choosi in return reaped $61 million in commissions. All policies were distributed by Greenstone Financial Services, a company associated with Choosi. Choosi allegedly made the misleading representations on its website, social media ...

Retirement confidence highest since 2020: SSGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... (34%) as one of the most optimistic countries regarding retirement readiness financially, with the survey pointing to financial planning as a stabiliser of retirement confidence for many Australians. State Street Global Advisors' (SSGA) Global Retirement ...

Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... investment portfolios, as well as a portfolio management tool to help investors build long-term wealth without the need for financial advice. The new offerings will be funded by a recently completed $11 million capital raise; the money came from existing ...

Soul Patts merges to create new $14bn company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... Soul Patts chief executive and managing director Todd Barlow explained that the merger "makes a lot of strategic and financial sense." "In many ways Soul Patts and Brickworks have evolved together and shared in the capital stability provided by our cross-shareholding ...

AMP launches superannuation feature to boost retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... for more Age Pension, boosting their income in retirement. AMP also noted that retirees with increased certainty and financial confidence may be encouraged to draw a higher income from their AMP Allocated Pension, further boosting retirement income and ...

Awareness of options could boost advice access: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Superannuation is the number one topic Australians want financial advice on, however a significant proportion have little to no idea they can pay for it through their super. Based on a survey of 2250 Australians, Colonial First State's (CFS) Empowered ...

ART pinged by ASIC over misleading returns data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... was because the fund allegedly incorrectly published the 10-year performance data to the end of June 2022 throughout financial year 2024, which made the performance look better than if it were calculated to end of June 2023. According to Rainmaker Information ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... loss-making IDII products helped curb a disastrous outcome that ultimately led to turnaround in 2022. In a statement to Financial Standard, APRA recently said that it continues to monitor developments around IDII but does not have any specific commentary ...

Ironbark acquires family office firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... Mercury Private, a Sydney-based high-net-worth and family office firm. Established in May 2015, Mercury offers a range of financial services from investment advice, asset protection, tax structuring, succession, estate planning and philanthropy to high-net-worth ...