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Prime Super fined over tobacco exclusion claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
Prime Super paid a penalty of $18,780 after it claimed it "excluded entirely" manufacturers of tobacco products when it had indirect holdings in six companies. ASIC issued an infringement notice to the $8 billion super fund over misleading statements ...

AZ NGA expands in South Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
AZ NGA has taken an undisclosed stake in Adelaide-based accounting and financial planning firm Oreon Partners. Established in 2014, Oreon Partners offers accounting, business advisory, tax and financial planning services to individuals and small-to-medium-sized ...

Most influential advisers of 2025 revealed

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... FS Power50 process opens with nominations from others within the financial services sector. Once this list is vetted to a group of 120, readers of the Financial Standard and FS Advice - the Australia Journal of Financial Planning engage in a voting phase ...

First Mutual Private Equity gambled $80m of investor funds: ASIC

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... frozen accounts until further notice. Financial Standard understands that the funds offered by FMPE were being sold by a group of unlicensed representatives that claimed to operate under exemptions outlined in section 708 of the Corporations Act. It ...

Aberdeen adds emerging markets option for Australian investors

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
Aberdeen Investments has broadened Australian investors' access to emerging markets, offering opportunities for both income generation and long-term capital growth. The abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Fund, previously known as abrdn Sustainable Emerging ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Life insurers across the Asia Pacific are favouring multi-alternatives strategies as their top asset class as it offers a more efficient path to portfolio diversification across private assets, new research suggests. BlackRock's 2025 Global Insurance ...

Acenda confirms leadership team

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
Acenda Group has assembled its leadership team, to be effective upon completion of the merger between MLC Life and Resolution Life Australasia at the end of the month. Sean McCormack has been appointed group chief commercial officer. He will oversee ...

Super funds to double UK, EU investments over next decade

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... funds continue to globally diversify their strategy to deliver long-term risk adjusted returns for retirement savings. A group of Australian super fund leaders are set to head to the UK later this month for the Australian Superannuation Mission. It will ...

Lonsec recruits sales head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Lonsec Research and Ratings has appointed a head of sales, hiring from Challenger Ltd. Anna Schofield brings over 25 years of experience working in financial services distribution and strategic client engagement roles. Before her nine years at Challenger ...

Future Fund recruits energy heavyweight

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has appointed an experienced energy executive to lead its energy transition strategy. Kay Stuart joins as executive director of energy transition and will sit within the Future Fund's real assets team. Stuart ...