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Future Group to buy Towers Watson RSE licence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... Watson in July 2025 to acquire the extended public offer licence and is currently awaiting regulatory approval, Financial Standard understands. While the licence was retained, the Towers Watson RSE was slowly wound up in recent years, with several of ...

UK influencers fined over promotion of unauthorised forex scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
A raft of former reality television stars turned influencers have been fined in the UK for spruiking an unauthorised forex trading scheme. Seven influencers were sentenced in a UK court this month after pleading guilty to charges of issuing unauthorised ...

Platform cybersecurity, service quality now advisers' deciding factors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... defined not by feature breadth alone, but by execution, integration depth and operational resilience. Cappe noted that the standard for advisers has been raised materially. "Advisers are placing greater weight on integration quality, workflow efficiency ...

Persistent inflation will mean two rate hikes from RBA: Barrenjoey

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... Australia (RBA), according to Barrenjoey head of economic forecasts Johnathan McMenamin. Speaking on the 2026 Financial Standard Economic Outlook webinar yesterday, McMenamin attributed sticky housing inflation and expansionary financial conditions as ...

Super assets reach $4.5tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... billion. This comes after the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) released its latest quarterly Retirement Standard report finding the cost of comfortable retirement for homeowners at age 67 has reached a record high. A comfortable retirement ...

Realm opens London office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... syndication and investor distribution. He previously worked as a CLO trader at Mediobanca and as a structuring analyst at ICBC Standard Bank. The London launch gives Realm its first on-the-ground presence in Europe and marks the next stage in the development ...

Super moves: Mercer, AusSuper, Future Fund, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
Padraig Brown has left Mercer after more than 14 years, ending his stint as New Zealand chief investment officer. He is joining NZX-listed Precinct Properties, the country's largest commercial property owner, worth about $3.4 billion. At NZX-listed ...

Australian Ethical unveils strong half-year results

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
Australian Ethical saw underlying profit after tax (UPAT) increase by 25% to $14.4 million in the six months to December end, while net profit after tax (NPAT) attributable to shareholders was $13.3 million, up 42%. Revenue of $65.8 million was up 13% ...

GBST aims to capitalise on innovation with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
GBST has named an AI transformation lead to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) across its global operations and product suite. Based in Sydney, Jai Swaminathan has joined the digital solutions provider in the newly created role ...

AFCA receives record complaints in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) received a record number of complaints in 2025, with 111,373 complaints filed in the 12 months to December 31 - up 14% from 2024. Since its establishment, AFCA has received more than 634,000 complaints. ...