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IAM mandate grows to $130m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... coming weeks. "The total transition has been close to $1.8 billion of client assets and is expected to improve IAM's financial performance by $600,000 per annum in FY2026," IAM said. Separately, BGC Partners Australia, trading as Fixed Income Solutions ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
The financial services industry has made modest inroads with gender parity, and closing the wealth and financial literacy gap, but the reality is accelerated action is needed from the government and private sector to tackle entrenched inequalities as ...

Three in five women lack retirement confidence

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... State (CFS) has highlighted significant disparities between men and women when it comes to retirement preparedness and financial confidence. The findings, based on a survey of 2250 Australians, revealed that more than three in five women (62%) feel they ...

Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... and while it's easy to think of cases where this would be appropriate, Gilbert + Tobin partner Luke Barrett told Financial Standard care must be taken in how it's done. "A perceived conflict of interest isn't necessarily a real one. If it ...

Westpac's Yetton chooses to move on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... regional banking and later group executive of retail and business banking. Prior to that, Yetton spent eight years at BT Financial Group in various senior roles, including general manager of BT Customer Solutions, head of product, head of acquisition ...

Tokenisation can save US$135m in back-office costs: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... million to US$7.9 million uplift in profitability. "Tokenisation, therefore, is expected to deliver multiple layers of financial advantage to asset managers. It will allow them to launch funds more quickly and less expensively, to operate them more cost ...

'We're not going anywhere': SS&C serious about Aussie expansion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
After entering into an agreement with Insignia Financial in December last year to take on around 1400 staff and transform its master trust business, SS&C is eyeing significantly more market share in Australia. Speaking to Financial Standard, SS&C global ...

ASIC bans adviser jailed for supplying drugs

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
ASIC has banned Northern Territory financial adviser Harris Shortland for seven years, following his conviction for supplying dangerous drugs. In December 2021, Shortland was convicted on drug offences after having been arrested in July 2018 for importing ...

Industry must do more to improve women's financial literacy: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
While women are increasingly aware of the importance of their financial wellbeing, only 16% have sought financial advice to achieve their goals. Fidelity's Next Generation research surveyed over 1000 Australian consumers aged 18 to 59 years old, highlighting ...

Bain, CC Capital up Insignia bids

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
Insignia Financial has received two separate revised non-binding and indicative proposals from CC Capital Partners and Bain Capital. The bids were both increased to $5 cash per Insignia share, valuing the wealth manager at $3.35 billion, and an 8.7% ...