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Adviser banned for PRP supervision failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... supervision was also labelled "inadequate" with the documents required by the Corporations (Work and Training Professional Year Standard) Determination 2018 were incomplete, unsigned or insufficient to satisfy the requirements, ASIC said. As the supervisor ...

Bennelong boutique shuts up shop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... on from shuttering its flagship fund, Touchstone Asset Management has closed its doors. As first reported by Financial Standard, the boutique wound up the Touchstone Index Unaware Fund in May. This was largely due to the low funds under management of ...

Sydney Alternative Investment Week to return in September

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... quantitative investing, manager incubation, and family office investing. The Alternative Future Foundation has named Financial Standard as media partner, and named four charity partners - Redkite, Tranby, Noro Music Therapy, and Women's Community Shelters ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... of slowing. And regulators are taking notice. APRA's thematic review of trustees' implementation of Prudential Standard SPS 530 Investment Governance, released in December 2024, marked a turning point. After examining 23 different super funds ...

FSC explores if adviser licensing framework remains 'fit for purpose'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released a green paper addressing the case for reforming Australia's financial advice licensing framework to better progress the advice sector against today's challenges. FSC's The Value and Future ...

Cbus deputy chief executive resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... executive and chief member officer Marianne Walker has stepped down from the super fund. A Cbus spokesperson told Financial Standard Walker will depart in September. "Marianne Walker has decided to leave the fund in early September to concentrate on ...

Federated Hermes 'not far away' from launching Australian wholesale products

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... Hermes international head of sales Clive Selman, who is currently conducting a field trip in Australia, told Financial Standard that the firm is actively looking to launch a product - tipping towards retirement income - exclusively for Australian wholesale ...

FAAA fights to reignite Dixon inquiry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
Although the Senate Committee Inquiry into Dixon Advisory was expected to lapse due to the election, the Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) is shedding light on the possibility of resuming the process. FAAA general manager of policy, advocacy ...

AustralianSuper taps NYC pension deputy CIO

MATT TOLEDO  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... benefits, for 3.56 million members. As first reported in Chief Investment Officer, a sister publication of Financial Standard.

ASIC sues Fortnum Private Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
ASIC is suing Fortnum Private Wealth for allegedly failing to manage and comply with its cybersecurity obligations that exposed the information of its financial advisers and clients. In the NSW Supreme Court, ASIC alleges Fortnum exposed its authorised ...