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Frontier Advisors lands major mandate from asset management giant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Frontier Advisors has won a mandate from Japan's $350 billion Nissay Asset Management, which is part of the Nippon Life Insurance Group. The mandate will allow Nissay to tap into Frontier's institutional intelligence to support its pension clients. ...

Aware Super on hunt for new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Aware Super chief investment officer Damian Graham is transitioning to a new role, with the fund now conducting a global search for his replacement. Graham will relocate to the fund's London office to take on the role of head of international at ...

AUSIEX to acquire FIIG Securities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Wholesale trading platform AUSIEX will acquire fixed income trading business FIIG Securities by the end of June 2025. The acquisition price has not been disclosed, but Financial Standard understands it has been described as "fair value". Financial Standard ...

AFCA highlights 'pattern of delays' in super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has released its bi-annual System Issues Insight Report, to address industry practices and reduce consumer complaints. In the first half of 2024-25, 235 matters were reported affecting 187,855 consumers ...

Federal Court hammers defunct advice firm with $11m penalty

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
Defunct advice firm Equiti Financial Services, since renamed DOD Bookkeeping, which has been placed into liquidation, has been slammed with an $11.03 million penalty for providing "cookie cutter" advice and breaching conflicted remuneration laws. Equiti ...

ASX launches review into shareholder approvals

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has launched a review into listing rules related to shareholder approval requirements, particularly when it comes to mergers and acquisitions. The ASX said due to "heightened investor interest" around the James ...

MSCI, Moody's launch private credit risk tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... private credit market evolves, investors are looking for trusted independent assessments to help benchmark credit risk and inform investments and monitor portfolios," Moody's chief executive Rob Fauber said. "Our partnership with MSCI will play a ...

RBA opens door to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has indicated it is open to the consideration of an interest rate cut in May, as US President Donald Trump's tariffs place risks on the global economy. The RBA board minutes from the April meeting acknowledged ...

Aussies prefer advisers, analyst notes over social media

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
Australians shun social media and turn to market research and financial advisers for investment information and education, a new survey from HSBC Australia reveals. The annual Investor Insights Survey, which canvassed more than 1000 investors aged 18 ...

Collectables market reaches $17bn: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
Australia's booming collectables market has reached $16.8 billion, a new study from eBay Australia shows. The second edition of the State of Collectables 2025 Report, compiled in conjunction with Deloitte Access Economics, found that coins (34%), toys ...