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Payton Capital strengthens NSW leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Payton Capital, the private debt fund manager, has appointed a Suncorp executive to lead the firm's borrower services in New South Wales. The wholly owned business unit of HMC has recruited Kieran Turner as the state manager of New South Wales. ...

Super moves: Future Fund, QIC, Vanguard Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Max Gill has been promoted to senior portfolio analyst with QIC's state investments team. Gill joined the Queensland Government's $68 billion investment arm six years ago working initially with the global multi-asset team followed by the state ...

TPB welcomes stay of sanctions against disqualified agents

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) has declined to stay or suspend sanctions imposed by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) against disqualified tax agents in three separate cases. All three cases relate to misconduct on the part of tax agents ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Mergers, corporate fund closures and executive moves were the major motifs for Financial Standard readers this year. Unsurprisingly, further consolidation in the superannuation sector was a major driver of audience interest this year with a number of ...

Brighter Super to buy up Queensland real assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Brighter Super has handed Barings $100 million to acquire real assets in the Sunshine State, the first tranche of its Queensland Investment Strategy. Brighter Super's Queensland Investment Strategy, which was announced in May this year, involves investing ...

HMC Capital unit beefs up Melbourne office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Payton Capital, the private debt fund manager, has continued its hiring spree by beefing up its Melbourne ranks by appointing three senior relationship managers and a senior business improvement analyst. The move to bolster the Victorian team follows ...

TCorp returns 7%, AUM hits $110bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
TCorp's investments delivered 7% while its assets under management (AUM) grew 3% to $109.7 billion in the 2024 financial year, its recently published annual report shows. The New South Wales investment manager boasted $139.8 million in net profit ...

Three universities ditch financial planning courses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
Three major universities have pulled the plug on their financial planning courses due to the lack of student interest in a major blow for the profession as it struggles to attract new entrants. The University of Wollongong, Queensland University of ...

QIC backs analytics platform with $2m investment

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
QIC Ventures has pledged $2 million in seed round funding to Accoil Analytics, a product engagement analytics platform for B2B companies. Accoil provides services to collect and organise customer behaviours to help companies better understand their ...

The sensitive conversations advisers shy away from

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
Financial advisers must build the confidence to talk to clients about sensitive topics such as divorce, financial coercion, and binding financial agreements (BFAs) to help them navigate difficult periods and make a real difference in their lives. According ...