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Financial services investment leaders celebrated

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2026
... Advertising and Sales Excellence (MAX) and Investment Leadership Awards hosted by Rainmaker Group and its publication Financial Standard were presented in Sydney last night. Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and MLC Asset Management were the big winners ...

Knight Frank names QLD head of asset management services

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
Knight Frank has promoted Angie Sheppard as the head of asset management services (AMS) for Queensland more than a year after she joined the global property consultancy in the role of director and head of business operations Queensland. She comes with ...

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON), which was flagged by Financial Standard in April. MOON is the second ETF launched of three announced by the ETF issuer, with the Global X S&P World Natural Resources ETF expected to hit the market ...

ASIC to take 'balanced' stance on super advertising ban rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... employers will be able to request stapled super fund details from the commissioner before, during or after issuing a standard choice form. Currently, the laws allow such requests after no fund has been nominated. This amendment will enable more efficient ...

Former Brite Advisors responsible manager banned

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned former Brite Advisors responsible manager Gerard Duffy from providing financial services after determining it had reason to believe he was not a fit and proper person. ...

FEATURE | Aged care: The longevity dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... countries like Australia, that cohort of older people are also the most cashed up in history and expect a higher living standard even as they age. This culmination of aging populations, wealthy retirees and constrained development pipelines has created ...

Investment performance will not help smaller balances: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... to near certainty, regardless of portfolio design." The findings from the research are substantiated by the Retirement Standard published by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), where a comfortable retirement super balance will ...

Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
... portfolio, costs and operating model, with a focus on becoming simpler and more efficient," a statement provided to Financial Standard read. "As part of this process, Australian Unity will reduce its workforce by 195 positions. "Importantly, these changes ...

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
... Count's Australian financial services licence (AFSL). As a result, Count no longer has restricted SMSF advisers. Financial Standard has reached out to Count for comment. Notably, four former Merit Wealth advisers have switched to Capstone. It comes ...

Family office succession takes back seat to investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
... within the next 10 to 15 years. Rebecca Gooch, the global head of Insights at Deloitte Private, recently told Financial Standard that this type of momentum is "seismic". "Trillions of dollars are changing hands, and the next generation brings a different ...