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

Search Results

Showing 381 - 390 of 10237 results for "LIF"

Pinnacle FUM soars, highlights 'tumultuous' year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
Pinnacle Investment Management has delivered a positive full-year result, reporting a net profit after tax of $134.4 million, up from $90.4 million in FY24. Pinnacle also saw funds under management lifting from $110 billion in FY24 to $179.4 billion ...

APRA slaps $5.5m capital penalty on KeyInvest

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
APRA has placed an additional $5.5 million capital requirement and additional licence conditions on KeyInvest over risk framework flaws and questionable long-term objectives. KeyInvest is a life insurance company and friendly society that primarily ...

Lederer Group bids for Elanor Commercial Property Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
Lederer Group is attempting to acquire ASX-listed Elanor Commercial Property Fund (ECF), which has a portfolio valued at more than $500 million. Elanor Funds Management, the responsible entity (RE) of ECF, said it is considering Lederer Group's ...

Return to office mandates to harm firms, careers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Return to office mandates will have a detrimental impact on companies' ability to retain and attract talent, with a specialist recruiter saying the career aspirations of women and Gen Z will also be heavily impacted. An in-depth review by Parity ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
A new Productivity Commission (PC) proposal suggests slashing Australia's company tax rate would boost GDP by $14 billion with no net cost to the Budget over the medium term. Draft recommendations in its interim report, Creating a more dynamic and resilient ...

Australian investment in venture capital lags: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has said with the right policy settings, Australia's $4.2 trillion superannuation system could jump-start productivity and generate stronger investment returns for members by better connecting capital with scientific minds ...

HESTA calls for reforms to help women in retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Women beginning their careers in 2025 with a 12% super guarantee (SG) rate in place could have as much as $400,000 more in retirement, new HESTA modelling suggests. The modelling showed women representative of the average HESTA member were projected ...

'We're proceeding' with Div 296: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
Legislation for the government's $3 million super tax has been pushed to beyond next month's Economic Reform Roundtable, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government has every intention to proceed as planned. "We're proceeding with the policy that ...

CALI launches review of Life Code

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) has appointed Peter Kell to lead an independent review of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code). The review will begin on 1 October 2025. The Life Code sets enforceable standards life insurers ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
Custodians are stepping up as regulators target super funds' $3.5 trillion private asset rush. Australia's super funds face mounting scrutiny over their rapid shift into private markets, as concerns grow about transparency, valuations and liquidity ...