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Ex-Zenith partner joins private assets platform

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
FinCap Australia has appointed a new head of portfolio construction and investment solutions for its private assets managed accounts (PAMA) platform, designed for wholesale and professional investors. Ben Davis brings more than 25 years' experience ...

Equity Trustees places superannuation arm under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... Trustee Services business is underway," EQT managing director Mick O'Brien said. "The strategic review will take into account the future cashflows and goodwill of the business." It said the business operates at lower margins to Corporate Trustee Services ...

HUB24 posts record HY inflows, advisers on platform jump by 8%

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
HUB24 has reported a profit of $59.7 million in the first half of the financial year, up 80% from the previous year, and more than $10 billion in net inflows. It will pay a fully franked interim dividend of 36 cents per share for the period, doubling ...

SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... see ASIC highlight one positive example of an SMSF establishment in the report. "In this case, the client had several account-based pensions within the SMSF, different taxable and tax-free components while maintaining a single retirement structure. [That] ...

Advisers lose lead in SMSF establishments: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... higher allocation to direct property at 23.3% compared with 21.1% for existing funds. Outside this, cash and term deposits account for 35.9% of assets while 10.7% is invested in Australian equities. Financial Standard is the official media partner of ...

Opposition leader unveils fresh shadow cabinet

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... the issue. Senator Claire Chandler has been appointed as shadow finance minister. "Senator Chandler will hold Labor to account for its budget blowouts and skyrocketing debts," Taylor said. Meantime, former financial services minister Senator Jane Hume ...

Centrepoint offloads lending solutions business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
Centrepoint Alliance will offload its lending solutions business to Astute Financial Management to solely focus on licensee services, financial advice, managed accounts and platforms. Under the agreement, Centrepoint said it will retain the lending-as-a-service ...

HESTA urges government to modernise Australian retirement system

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... research also found only 45% of eligible Australians with super accounts transition voluntarily to a tax-free retirement account at preservation age. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said this simple change could make a profound difference to Australians' ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Qld securities dealer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Pulse Markets, a wholly owned subsidiary of BIR Financial, for providing incompetent financial services, including inadequate supervision of its corporate authorised representatives ...

AustralianSuper calls for reform in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... identity. The super fund said its research indicates that more than 20% of AustralianSuper members in the Choice Income (Account-based Pension / Retirement) product continue to work, and 20% of members aged over 60 in accumulation are retired. "There ...