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

Search Results

Showing 31 - 40 of 6616 results for "QUAL"

FEATURE | Digital advice | Interlocking the pieces

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
Amid a rapidly evolving regulatory space, and the need to keep pace with innovation, financial advice has been thrown into a dynamic environment that's always changing. As a result, the sector requires constant support to remain compliant and keep ...

Tribunal affirms InterPrac, FSGA adviser bans

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
The Administrative Review Tribunal has affirmed ASIC's decisions to ban two former financial advisers from InterPrac Financial Planning and Financial Services Group Australia (FSGA) who were involved in the Shield and First Guardian master funds ...

APRA simplifies retirement data collection by trustees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
As part of its response to industry feedback on the proposed Retirement Reporting Framework, the prudential regulator has streamlined data requirements, ensuring transparency while reducing the excessive data collection burden. The framework is part ...

Macquarie-led consortium acquires SI Solutions

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in structural integrity engineering firm SI Solutions from private equity firm MidOcean Partners, alongside co-investors that include UniSuper. The transaction, which is expected ...

Netwealth recruits AI expert to boost in-house advice tech

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
Netwealth has appointed data intelligence expert and technologist Silvio Giorgio as general manager of data and artificial intelligence (AI). An immediate focus for Giorgio will be to aggregate multiple sources of data for advisers, helping organise ...

ASIC zeroes in on recurring compliance breaches

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
ASIC has warned financial advice licensees to address lapses in reference checking, professional indemnity insurance and superannuation advice practices in an update released this week. The regulator has recently released new guidance for professional ...

EQT ramps up investments on Asia-Pacific mid-market plays

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
EQT has launched an evergreen private markets strategy focused on Asia Pacific, giving eligible individual and institutional investors access to the investment manager's regional private equity platform through a single vehicle. EQT Nexus Asia will ...

Iress retains tech mandate with Capital Haus

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
Private wealth management firm Capital Haus has extended its technology mandate with Iress. Iress noted its core advice technology platform, Xplan, has supported Capital Haus throughout its evolution from a small independent financial advice practice ...

Norges Bank slashes exposure to US government bonds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the investment manager of Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund Global, has proposed a major restructuring of the fund's exposure on US government bonds. "We consider that the three ...

Integro expands further into Western Australia with merger

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
Integro Private Wealth has merged with West Australian advice firm Coastline Private Wealth, strengthening its presence across the region. The expansion is part of the advice firm's strategy to expand its national footprint, while integrating its ...