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Shaw and Partners splashes $63m for New Zealand expansion

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
Shaw and Partners Financial Services, a subsidiary of EFG International, has acquired a 75% stake in Auckland-based Investment Services Group (ISG) for NZ$67.5 million ($62.5m). The move brings Shaw and Partners Financial Services' assets under advice ...

Nominations open for 2025 Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Nominations for the 2025 Financial Standard Power50 are now open as we recognise the country's most influential advisers who continue to raise the standards for the profession and provide outstanding service to clients and the wider community. This ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Australia is showing progress with disclosing and adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC ...

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
Small industry super funds lead on trust, service, and value for money, according to CoreData's annual member engagement survey. CoreData research consultant Alana Devitt told Financial Standard that members' trust in small industry funds is built through ...

Australian Ethical, CEFC pour $30m into climate tech venture

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
Responsible investor Australian Ethical and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have each committed $15 million into the first close of the new fund curated by Climate Tech Partners (CTP). CTP is a local climate venture platform deploying capital ...

Quinbrook appoints new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... infrastructure investments and operating businesses in Australia, the US, Europe, and Africa. He's led over US$24 billion of power project developments and power asset construction, and served as the first chief executive of Quinbrook's Cape Byron Power. ...

Fin365 to build one-stop-shop for financial firms

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... model that combines both technology and human expertise. Fin365's offers Microsoft-leveraged solutions such as Dynamics 365, Power Automate, Power BI and Copilot. Commenting, Fin365 chief executive Stephen Handley said the acquisition is a "natural evolution" ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the largest asset management firm in Australia by locally sourced assets under management (AUM) - by some margin - though few realise. With nearly $500 billion in local assets under its watch, mostly via institutional ...

Super needs customised, personalised approach: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
The Financial Services Council (FSC) says superannuation funds have the power to provide a sophisticated and personalised approach to meet members' retirement needs and must prioritise this amid the government applying pressure via the Retirement ...

Awareness of options could boost advice access: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... for retirement, the cost of that advice can be deducted from your super account," CFS Superannuation chief executive Kelly Power said. Overall, affordability remains a key barrier, particularly for those aged between 30 to 49, as 77% of Australians in ...