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TCorp appoints financial markets manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
TCorp has confirmed Gavin Sinnott as general manager, financial markets, effective immediately. Sinnott has been acting in the role since December 2025, having previously served as head of balance sheet for three and a half years. In the permanent role ...

Iress fills APAC wealth role from within

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
Iress, the financial advice software provider, has promoted from within to fill the top role in its Asia Pacific wealth business, following the departure of a long-serving executive. Sam Wall has stepped into the role of acting chief executive, succeeding ...

Advice remains profitable for those who prepare: Centurion Market Makers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... often structured as recurring revenue multiples for practicality. Based on what Centurion Market Makers saw last year, a financial planning business co-located with the buyer can sell for between 2.5x to 3.5x recurring revenue. Meantime, a large financial ...

Treasury proposes options to block victim-survivors' super going to perpetrators

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... determine the appropriate course of action. In December 2024, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services recommended an amendment to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to ensure beneficiaries who perpetrated ...

Evidentia names chief investment strategist

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... through changing economic conditions with confidence, Evidentia said. Bringing more than 20 years of experience across financial markets and economic policy in both the UK and Australia, Aird was most recently head of Australian economics at the Commonwealth ...

AFCA membership extended for Shield, First Guardian-linked firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has suspended expelling members in liquidation linked to the collapse of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund. This means United Global Capital (UGC) and Next Generation Advice, which ...

Vanguard launches three new funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... through an unlisted fund structure. Vanguard Capital Markets Asia Pacific head of investment management Duncan Burns told Financial Standard the launch comes after clear demand from Australian investors. "We track what our clients are asking for, and ...

US exceptionalism may have peaked: ART

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Australian Retirement Trust chief economist Brian Parker told the Financial Standard 2026 Economic Outlook webinar that we're likely going to face more frequent and severe disruptions as a "new world order" appears. Speaking at the event - which ...

Cbus calls for tax reform on TPD payouts in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... complex web of rules and can pay up to 22% tax on claims. The average Cbus TPD claim was sitting at around $103,000 last financial year. Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok said removing tax on all TPD claims, not just those paid after age 60, would make ...

Vanguard pays $40m in ESG antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... index funds. "At Vanguard we are focused on helping our more than 50 million investors and their families achieve their financial goals," it said. "We made the decision to settle the litigation filed by the Texas attorney general and other states with ...