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Dixon Advisory clients should be heard at Senate inquiry: Anderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager of policy, advocacy, and standards Phil Anderson has urged the Senate Committee inquiry into Dixon Advisory to hear from ex-clients. Anderson said it should never be forgotten that it's ...

Family offices turn to start-ups, M&As: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... for companies that are start-ups, and merger and acquisition opportunities have ballooned since 2014. Family offices are major players in funding innovation, being responsible for 31% of investments in start-ups, and with 83% of those executed as club-deals ...

Adviser number growth shoots?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... aligned and non-aligned has become irrelevant. Traditionally, the aligned category referred to the big six, including the four major banks, AMP, and Insignia Financial, but most of these entities have now exited the advice sector. He noted that this ...

Bitcoin returns 147%, outshines bull market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... Bitcoin reaped nearly four times more in returns compared to US equities during 2024, achieving 147% and trumping all the major asset classes. According to a VanEck and Bloomberg analysis, US equities delivered 38.2% for the year while global equities ...

Insignia denies yet another takeover bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... indicative proposal will result in a binding offer or that any transaction will eventuate," the board said. Insignia's major shareholders include a raft of superannuation funds and financial services companies. Tanarra Capital is Insignia's largest ...

ASX bleeds $41bn from delistings

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... total of 2116 entities that remained listed on the exchange. ASX general manager of listings James Posnett said like all major markets, Australia's listing environment has been more quiet over the past few years. "However, we've seen some renewed ...

HPI rethinks Hostplus, Charter Hall takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... it revised its recommendation to accept the acquisition bid. Charter Hall and Hostplus told HPI they intend to be active major securityholders and will conduct a review of HPI's portfolio and management, as well as its distribution and capital management ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Mergers, corporate fund closures and executive moves were the major motifs for Financial Standard readers this year. Unsurprisingly, further consolidation in the superannuation sector was a major driver of audience interest this year with a number of ...

Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... NZ Super, AustralianSuper, Future Fund and TCorp are all proponents of TPA, arguing that strategic asset allocation has major structural problems. Interestingly, NZ Super's former chief investment officer, Stephen Gilmore, now investment chief at ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... sustainability." "Even small changes that make the economy more dynamic and efficient can deliver big economic dividends and add up to major improvements in real wages and living standards over time," he said. "... policymakers need to keep productivity ...