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

Search Results

Showing 501 - 510 of 7088 results for "June 17"

Platinum outflows drag performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
Persistent outflows cost Platinum Asset Management dearly in the last financial year as it hopes its new business unit, the Platinum Partner Series, will improve returns and stabilise flows. The 30% decrease in funds under management (FUM) to $13 billion ...

J.P. Morgan lands custody services mandate with industry fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
J.P. Morgan has been appointed as the new custodian for Vision Super, replacing NAB Asset Servicing. The investment bank said that it's completed the transition of the $13.8 billion industry super fund, which is set to merge with Active Super on 1 March ...

Cairns resurfaces at Associate Global Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
Former Magellan Financial Group chief executive Brett Cairns has popped up on multi-boutique Associate Global Partners' (AGP) board. Cairns, who led Magellan from 2018 and 2021 when he departed for personal reasons, is officially a non-executive ...

Former Brisbane adviser found guilty of fraud again

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
A former financial adviser who won a retrial after being convicted of fraud in 2019 has once again been found guilty of misleading clients to invest their retirement savings in a single abalone farm that went bust. Former Brisbane financial adviser ...

Praemium revenue grows to $85m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
Praemium released its full year results, flagging a 12% increase in revenue to $84.9 million for the year ending June 30. Praemium said underlying expenses rose to $61.3 million, up 20% on FY23, due to increased IT and risk mitigation costs. "The latter ...

AOF sells another asset, flags delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF) continues to empty its portfolio, offloading another asset as the REIT faces an uncertain future. AOF is set to offload 64 Northbourne Avenue, Canberra for $21.2 million to an unnamed buyer, 10% cheaper than its June  ...

Pacific Current sees profits up 24%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
Pacific Current Group (PAC) saw funds under management grow 18% to $42.5 billion for the full year ended June 30. Boutique Contributions, ex mark-to-market adjustments, grew 16% driven by a 23% growth in management fee-related revenues. In addition ...

Qualitas shines in FY24, Charter Hall contracts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
Private credit continued to buoy Qualitas' performance in the 2024 financial year while Charter Hall contracted against a tough real estate sector. Qualitas reported a 46% jump in total funds under management (FUM) to $8.9 billion thanks to several ...

Cost of 'comfortable retirement' increases again: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
The cost of a comfortable retirement increased by about 1% last quarter, with couples aged 65 now needing $73,337 per year, and singles requiring $52,085, according to the latest data from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ...

Former BBY employee sentenced for 'dishonest conduct'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
Nine years on from its collapse, the former employee of stockbroking firm BBY has been sentenced to two years and six months after being convicted of aiding and abetting. ASIC alleged that Yat Nam (April) Yuen had facilitated the transfers of client ...