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Macquarie cops US$80m from SEC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... the priority. We also continue to invest in our risk culture to ensure we discharge our fiduciary duties to the highest standard."

Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
The Senate committee tasked with investigating issues related to menopause wants the government to research the efficacy of existing reproductive leave policies in Australia and overseas with consideration to introducing it in the National Employment ...

ASIC sees case against Rest thrown out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... Court has found in Rest's favour," the spokesperson said. Mills Oakley Lawyers partner Mark Bland told Financial Standard the interesting part of the case comes down to what constitutes a member's interest in the fund. While this particular case ...

Megatrends impacting portfolio construction: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... some of the major trends investors need to take into consideration when building clients' portfolios at the Financial Standard Managed Accounts Forum. Jacques said there are several structural trends playing out across asset classes as well as inflationary ...

Advisers reveal hurdles preventing SMA adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... revealed the main concerns financial advisers have with employing managed accounts in their business, at the 2024 Financial Standard Managed Accounts Forum. After surveying financial advisers, in partnership with Investment Trends, SSGA found that the ...

Payday Super penalties ramped up ahead of legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
Employers who fail to pay superannuation contributions within seven days of paying wages will face harsh penalties under the government's new Payday Super laws. Releasing its proposed framework today, the government outlined further details it plans ...

Hanson backs Dixon Advisory inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
A public inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory will soon launch after the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) gained support from Senator Pauline Hanson in the senate yesterday. After pounding the pavement for months, the FAAA has successfully ...

Investment boutique calls time after seven years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... does not believe that this situation will change in the foreseeable future," Perpetual said. In a statement to Financial Standard, Wheelhouse Investment Partners managing director Alastair MacLeod said: "Following a thorough and considered review, we've ...

AMP BOLR litigants face lengthy payout process

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... the calculations and so on for each firm, which includes group A and group B of the class action," he told Financial Standard. Once the calculations, which apply various discounts, are finalised, a notification is sent out to each firm stating the amount ...

The transferrable skills for advisers who changed careers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... phone calls to clients. Forbes approaches it as "doing the small things over and over again and repeating them at a high standard". "If you think about everything that we do when we're helping our clients, basically, if we don't have the discipline ...