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AIOFP and IFPA enter 'strategic alliance'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... a Memorandum of Understanding to enter into a "strategic alliance". IFPA board member Scott Heathwood told Financial Standard the alliance was a "pivotal moment" for independently owned financial professionals. "By combining our strengths, we are enhancing ...

Macquarie heavyweights headline 2025 Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... smaller base, within responsible investment, and financial services companies are recognising that," Series told Financial Standard. Macquarie Group global strategist Viktor Shvets, a keynote speaker on day one, recently wrote the book The Twilight Before ...

BUSSQ abandons appeal, concedes to licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... however, BUSSQ doubled down, lodging an appeal to challenge his ruling. Separately, as previously reported by Financial Standard, APRA is proposing changes to superannuation trustees, insurers, and bank board's governance requirements. The regulator ...

Quadrant Private Equity invests in LegalVision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... advised by Gilbert + Tobin and Allier Capital. However, the transaction is still waiting on regulatory sign-off. Financial Standard sought comment from LegalVision on the terms of Quadrant's investment, including the size of the stake, and for additional ...

Data is our biggest challenge: Aware Super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... better investment decisions. In March 2023, Aware Super head of income and markets Michael Clavin spoke to Financial Standard about Project Odin - an initiative the fund was planning to strengthen its internal management foundations and drive growth. ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... opportunity to participate in three days a week of high-quality early education and care," she told a recent Financial Standard podcast. The Parenthood, which aims to make Australia the best country to be a parent or carer with the help of a community ...

Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... 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 were an actual ...

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

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... transform its master trust business, SS&C is eyeing significantly more market share in Australia. Speaking to Financial Standard, SS&C global chair and founder Bill Stone said the investment management software and services company is looking to become ...

Aussie ETF market tipped to hit $300bn in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... really achieved the scale and the track record yet," J.P. Morgan AM global head of ETFs Travis Spence told Financial Standard. Spence also added that although active ETFs only comprise 7% of the global ETF market today, "we're going to see the percentage ...

Large financial firms falling behind on AI adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... executive Mike Kollo. Kollo - who is in Sydney preparing to present at the upcoming AM Tech Day Summit - told Financial Standard that larger institutions have spent too long being wary of the technology. "Large institutions have a lot of people, a lot ...