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Perpetual appoints demerger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... four years there, he had a 20-year-old career in funds management. Hong served as operating chief at AMP Capital's public markets business, where he drove transformational change, led strategic cross-business line initiatives and managed key outsourced ...

Mercer snaps up Northern Trust AM exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... 11 years. She finished up as head of institutional sales, driving the growth strategy for the investment business across public and private markets. "We are delighted to welcome back Amber Morgan who will play a key role in delivery and executing our ...

Stockspot officially launches low-cost super offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
Stockspot Super has launched to the public, a move first flagged by Financial Standard in May 2024. Stockspot said the offering is Australia's first fully transparent, ETF-only superannuation product, which has been designed to keep costs low and provide ...

GDP edges higher, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "Modest growth was seen broadly across the economy this quarter. Both public and private spending contributed to the growth, supported by a rise in exports of goods and services," ABS head of national ...

Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... Hostplus had 18.2% gap, while Rest was at the lower end with 10.6%. WGEA analysed more than 7800 private sector and 114 public sector employers. Overall, 56% of employers reduced their gender pay gap in the last year. The gender pay gap is different ...

SEC drops civil enforcement case against Coinbase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... the last several years, the SEC has largely communicated its stance on crypto through enforcement actions without broader public engagement, acting chair Mark Uyeda said. "It's time for the Commission to rectify its approach and develop crypto policy ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... its concerns in discussion paper, Australia's evolving capital markets: A discussion paper on the dynamics between public and private markets, putting forth a host of reasons why the sector may need its intervention. ASIC defines private markets ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
A confidential Treasury draft proposal obtained by Financial Standard outlines voluntary principles for the design and delivery of superannuation retirement income solutions, extending beyond the obligations of the Retirement Income Covenant. The principles ...

SelfWealth juggles takeover bids

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
SelfWealth, the online trading platform, has provided an update as to the bidding war between Bell Financial Group (BFG) and Svava. In the latest turn of events, SelfWealth said it is "actively engaging" with Svava's proposal but reiterated that there ...

Super moves: Aware Super, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... assets across a range of asset classes including electricity distribution, renewable energy, fibre, rolling stock leasing, public-private partnerships, and aged care investments. A former investment director at AMP Capital, Jiang is also an experienced ...