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FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Financial services firms stand at a pivotal juncture. Those in one camp, with their heads buried in the sand, can no longer ignore the fact that artificial intelligence (AI), particularly its sidekick generative AI (GenAI), is everywhere. The other ...

Australian economy 'stronger than expected'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.6% in the June quarter and was up 1.8% compared to a year ago, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Belinda Allen said ...

Super funds test cybersecurity resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
Still reeling from the coordinated cyberattack in April, superannuation funds will test their cybersecurity resilience and see what lessons they have learned under a drill provided by the Gateway Network Governance Body (GNGB). Taking place on Thursday ...

FAAA calls for other sectors to help pay $67m CSLR bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
In its submission to the Treasury consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) Special Levy for 2025/26, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said financial advisers should not be expected to pay more than the $20 million ...

IML debuts income-focused ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
IML has launched an actively managed income-focused ETF on the ASX, spun off from its Equity Income Fund. The Investors Mutual Equity Income Fund Complex ETF (EQIN) was admitted on the exchange yesterday. EQIN aims to provide a dividend yield after ...

Exposure to US hitting Aussie companies: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
UniSuper head of fixed income David Colosimo has spoken in the wake of earnings season, noting Australian companies which rely on the US market have started taking a hit - and it may well continue. Colosimo pointed to CSL and James Hardie, both of which ...

Real estate private credit market tips towards $153bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Although it faces headwinds in part of Asia Pacific, the real estate private credit market is performing strongly, with the local market expected to almost double by 2028. According to The Rising Tide of Asia Pacific Real Estate Private Credit report ...

FS Power50 shortlist revealed, voting opens

STAFF WRITER  |  SATURDAY, 30 AUG 2025
Voting for Australia's most influential financial advisers in the 2025 Financial Standard Power50 is now open. The shortlist of 120 financial advisers who have progressed to the voting stage after receiving more than 200 nominations has been revealed. ...

Government scraps inquiry into advice firm failures, Dixon Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
The government has dumped the inquiry into wealth management companies that would have dissected the collapse of firms like Dixon Advisory and the impact on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). In September 2024, the government referred the ...

Alternatives, international equities dominate mandates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
The number of contestable investment mandates rose to 6007 in the March quarter of this year, according to the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report. Managed accounts was the largest market segment with 2658, followed by 2368 for super, 770 for investment ...