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FAAA award finalists named

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... within the Australian financial advice profession that showcase the highest standards of professionalism and care," FAAA general manager, membership Tania Milnes said. "Financial advice is important for all Australians in maximising resilience and achieving ...

Younger generations drive SMSF sector growth: Class

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... before...this trend is in stark contrast to the dramatic drop in new fund establishments by Baby Boomers," said Ciara Conway, general manager of super at Stake. Conway noted that the rising adoption of SMSFs by young people is inherently linked to the ...

La Trobe shuts online portal access

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
La Trobe Financial chief investment officer Chris Paton has assured investors their money is "safe" after ASIC issued interim stop orders on the 12 Month Term Account, 2 Year Account and US Private Credit Fund Class B products. In response to the orders ...

Australian Retirement Trust chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... Financial, and chief member officer Lachlan East. Some time later chief enterprise services officer Julie Bingham left, while general manager of enterprise design Helen Mills also resigned. The head of public markets Greg Barnes and head of capital markets ...

Platinum shareholders greenlight L1 Capital merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... L1 Capital to create a $16.5 billion entity. Some 99% of shareholders gave their tick of approval at the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) yesterday. This means that existing Platinum shareholders will own about 26% of the new entity and 74% of it ...

Vale Rupert Smoker

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
Evolution Trustees chief executive Rupert Smoker has passed away at the age of 47. Smoker co-founded Evolution Trustees almost a decade ago and served as chief executive. He was well known in the financial services industry, particularly through his ...

Unprecedented US M&As a boon for Australia: BGA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... superannuation. "Clearly, the US has a more mature and developed market. When you think about the service model and just the general business model, much more of the client segment served are across mass affluent, high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth," ...

MSC awarded dual mandate from newly established litigation funder

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... provide both trustee services and administration and registry support for Ninety Mile Capital." Meanwhile, MSC Abacus general manager Sachin Tokhi said: "Through MSC Abacus, our specialist fund services division, we provide end-to-end fund administration ...

LGT Crestone unveils rebrand

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
LGT Crestone has rebranded to LGT Wealth Management Australia. This firm said the move marks its ambition to lead the nation's private wealth sector and cement its alignment with LGT's global reputation. LGT said for clients, the rebrand reinforces ...

Platinum pushes for L1 Capital merger ahead of EGM

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... has continued to "unanimously" recommend shareholders to vote in favour of the L1 Capital merger ahead its extraordinary general meeting on Monday. Grant Thornton, an independent expert appointed by Platinum, was provided with the latest full-year earnings ...