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

Search Results

Showing 31 - 40 of 621 results for "Discretionary"

Fidante partner hires from WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... managing partner Joe Davidson. Shaikh added: "Sara comes with an enviable reputation and a deep understanding of both discretionary and quantitative investment strategies, combined with a proven ability to drive revenue growth and operational excellence. ...

Fidante partners with Fulcrum, expands alts offering

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... while also offering illiquid alternatives in the UK pension market. It has three principle capabilities including discretionary strategies, alternative solutions and quantitative strategies. "We are excited to be partnering with Fulcrum, a firm with ...

Platform trustees told to improve investment governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... peers. In relation to the final metric, remedial action and member transfers, APRA has found some trustees take a discretionary approach to remedial action, opting to retain underperforming options but closing them to new investments and contributions ...

Super funds must improve reporting, audits: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... the primary users of the reports make and that both the nature and/or magnitude of an item are relevant". It said discretionary expenses may be of particular interest to members even if not deemed financially material to the fund. "High quality audited ...

Perpetual dumps 23m Myer shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... categories have shown particular strength," Myer said. "However, Australian consumers continue to exercise caution in discretionary spending and the retail environment in New Zealand remains subdued."

GQG FUM rises $1bn in face of continued outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... protecting client capital amid valuations and macro-economic volatility. In the March quarter, GQG slashed its consumer discretionary and information technology holdings to reposition for the "extraordinary market volatility" after US tariffs were rolled ...

Ausbil launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... Bank, BHP, CSL, Wesfarmers, ANZ and Telstra. A July performance update shows the fund was overweight in the consumer discretionary and utilities sectors and underweight position in consumer staples. "Australia managed to escape the high tariffs and had ...

ASIC permanently bans convicted investment manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... According to ASIC, Metal Alpha had a contracted relationship with AlphaThorn to assist AlphaThorn's managed discretionary account investments to wholesale investors through the AlphaThorn Secured Service from February 2019 and through the AlphaThorn ...

Institutional investors show signs uncertainty has peaked: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... research found. "Beneath this overall optimism, there are intriguing nuances. Investors continue to favour US consumer discretionary stocks, hinting at potential disruptions to their growth outlook," Metcalfe said. "Robust cross-border flows in July ...

Treasury launches consultation on CSLR breaching sub-sector levy caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... between the revised estimate and the amount already paid. "The minister's power to exercise these options is discretionary. Nothing in section 1069H requires the minister to take any particular action in response to a notification that a sub-sector ...