Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 151 - 160 of 4943 results for "DIVI"

Sequoia weighs InterPrac's fate, launches review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
Following the demise of the Shield and First Guardian master funds, regulatory pressure and being blacklisted from several platforms, Sequoia Financial Group is now reviewing the viability of InterPrac Financial Planning. Sequoia managing director and ...

Zurich Financial Services to acquire ClearView

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
Zurich Financial Services Australia is set to become the new owner of ASX-listed ClearView Wealth. Zurich Financial Services is offering 65 cents for each ClearView share, marking a 22% premium to the last closing the share price on February 23. This ...

Centrepoint Alliance, Count see strong earnings growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
Both financial advice groups have reported strong first-half performance, underpinned by heightened demand for advice and the expansion of their adviser networks. In the first half of FY26, Centrepoint Alliance's gross revenue rose 12% from the ...

OneVue adviser exits dents Praemium's FUA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
Praemium has lost $827 million in gross outflows mostly related to financial advisers from OneVue exiting after it finalised the acquisition of the platform last December. The group reported a total of $70.5 billion in funds under administration (FUA) ...

SMSFs need to stay ahead of the regulatory curve: Nowinfinity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Nowinfinity general manager Kate Anderson said upcoming regulatory changes will have a significant impact on compliance for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) and advised professionals to stay alert. With Division 296, AML/CTF Tranche 2, and Payday ...

Aware Super overhauls investment team structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Aware Super is restructuring its investments team, creating a new Liquidity and Markets division and making Private Markets a standalone function. The fund said the new structure brings together data, liquidity management, public and private markets ...

Ex-Zenith partner joins private assets platform

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
FinCap Australia has appointed a new head of portfolio construction and investment solutions for its private assets managed accounts (PAMA) platform, designed for wholesale and professional investors. Ben Davis brings more than 25 years' experience ...

Equity Trustees places superannuation arm under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
As it continues to face scrutiny over the Shield and First Guardian collapses, Equity Trustees has commenced a strategic review of its superannuation business. As part of its half year results announcement this morning, Equity Trustees said it is reviewing ...

HUB24 posts record HY inflows, advisers on platform jump by 8%

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
HUB24 has reported a profit of $59.7 million in the first half of the financial year, up 80% from the previous year, and more than $10 billion in net inflows. It will pay a fully franked interim dividend of 36 cents per share for the period, doubling ...

Looming Div 296 tax prompts urgent tax, retirement planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
With the Division 296 superannuation tax soon becoming a reality, members with large sums of wealth must consider their tax planning and retirement strategies and act with urgency, according to an SMSF expert. At the SMSFA National Conference this morning ...