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Audit quality continues to fall short: ASIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2026
The corporate regulator has called for improvements in audit quality and financial reporting after its latest surveillance found companies, including superannuation funds, are still not getting the fundamentals right. Report 842 ASIC's oversight of ...

Ageing dynamics require holistic retirement planning: La Trobe Financial

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2026
As more Australians enter retirement, the phase increasingly resembles a "distinct" economic life cycle, making better retirement planning essential rather than just an opportunity for financial advisers. Speaking this morning at the Financial Standard ...

Ausbil shutters $27m long short fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2026
Ausbil Investment Management has shuttered its $27 million Long Short Focus Fund, with two portfolio managers leaving the firm as part of a reshuffle of its equities team. "Although the strategy has an effective track record, it operates in a contested ...

Challenger open to TAL takeover at a better price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2026
Challenger will continue to engage with TAL Daiichi Life to get a better offer price, after it rejected the takeover bid earlier this week, stating the offer falls short of a level it could recommend to shareholders. TAL is Challenger's largest ...

FAAA appoints new board members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2026
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has appointed two new directors to its board. Natallia Smith and Pedro Marin Ramirez were elected for a three-year term and will be formally appointed at the FAAA annual general meeting (AGM) on November ...

Vale Mark Johnson

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2026
Mark Johnson, a founding leader of Macquarie Group, has passed away. Johnson joined Macquarie's predecessor Hill Samuel Australia in 1971, which at the time provided merchant banking and corporate advisory services to the mining and industrial sectors. ...

Showcase: A sharp lens on global infrastructure

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2026
Why inflation-linked income matters more in this market cycle Ask any financial adviser what they look for in a fund manager and they'll likely name three traits: proven expertise, product endurance and institutional edge. Those qualities may not ...

FEATURE | Custody | Worlds collide

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2026
When ETF Shares chief executive Cliff Man was a junior portfolio manager at Hang Seng Bank, a subsidiary of HSBC, early in his career, many of his duties mirrored the tasks of a custodian and fund administrator. He reconciled daily cash balances and ...

ASIC issues another stop order for private credit fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2026
ASIC has issued an interim stop order on the Murdoch Clarke Mortgage Fund, issued by Murdoch Clarke Mortgage Management, prohibiting it from offering, issuing, selling or transferring interests in the fund. The fund had $573.2 million in assets under ...

Evidentia restructures despite booming assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2026
A major organisational restructure at Evidentia Group has reduced headcount that claimed several senior roles despite the business reporting strong funds under management growth. Newly minted chief executive Louise Watson leads the managed accounts ...