Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 341 - 350 of 15848 results for "Now"

TelstraSuper-Aware Super merger complete

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... completed their merger, less than a year after they began to explore the proposal. About 85,000 TelstraSuper members have now joined Aware Super via a Successor Fund Transfer (SFT) to create a superannuation fund with approximately 1.3 million members ...

Brighter Super, QIC Ventures invest in ProcurePro

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... firms. What makes this even more powerful is the data. After years of supporting procurement across thousands of projects, we now have a rich foundation of real-world procurement data," he said. QIC Ventures investment director Nick Capell commented ...

Senate report backs removal 30-hour work threshold for SG

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... superannuation on every dollar earned and extending the Superannuation Guarantee to all under-18 workers. We urge the Government to now outline a plan to implement this change." Rest analysis found a typical 15-year-old member could accumulate an additional ...

Product showcase: A guaranteed future

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... holding for longer," Marquet explains. The other change to AGILE was allowing earlier access to guaranteed income. "Clients can now commence lifetime income after just one year, instead of waiting three," Marquet says. "That added flexibility is critical ...

GSFM launches two global private markets funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... a diversified set of private market funds managed by leading and emerging private market managers." McIntyre added: "Until now, Australian investors have struggled to implement the same asset allocation discipline in their private investing as they do ...

Performance test reforms to curb benchmark hugging: Treasury

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Mary Delahunty said the performance test "has done a great job" but it is now time to modernise it and to deal with some unintended consequences and make it stronger. "The current test measures super ...

Advice industry can't afford CSLR to be an 'unsustainable mess': FAAA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... should not be paying for the misconduct of a tiny minority of advice businesses that have done the wrong thing." Advisers are now calling for the government to make significant changes to the CSLR scheme, with close to four in five (79%) urging to spread ...

TelstraSuper did fall foul of IDR obligations: Federal Court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... system." She added that the case provides useful guidance and confirms the enforceability of the IDR obligations. The court has now told both ASIC and TelstraSuper to agree on a statement of facts in relation to the contraventions admitted or established ...

Digital asset adoption in SMSFs not a surprise: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... can get access to that asset class is via an SMSF. In that regard, we're not surprised of what we're seeing right now," he said. He also emphasised many SMSFs would concentrate on a single asset due to value appreciation initially but diversify ...

JANA hires general manager, wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... relationships. The group said Leman's appointment reflects the strong growth and momentum in its wealth business, which has now grown to more than $15 billion under advice or management, about one fifth of which is in managed accounts. "Zac's appointment ...