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From strength to strength: GQG Partners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
GQG Partners is aiming to be a top-ranking active equity manager in Australia, according to managing director Laird Abernethy. In an interview with Financial Standard, Abernethy said that despite market turbulence, GQG has performed exceptionally, with ...

Pensioner work bonus top of mind for advisers

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
Social security measures relating to the Age Pension are among the most popular regulatory topics for Australian financial advisers, based on the questions they're asking BT's technical team. According to BT, the $4000 increase to the work bonus for ...

Adviser who faked signatures sentenced in court

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
Former Adelaide-based financial adviser Tai Thanh Nguyen has pleaded guilty to two counts of falsifying company books. Nguyen was convicted on both counts and placed on recognisance in the sum of $1000 to be of good behaviour for two years. The former ...

Apex Group acquires admin technology provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
Apex Group has acquired Pacific Fund Systems (PFS) from its co-founders and Pollen Street Capital for an undisclosed amount. PFS runs specialist accounting and administration platform PFS-PAXUS, which supports all manner of funds, including hedge funds ...

HESTA adds US$200m to Stafford Capital private equity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
HESTA is committing a further US$200 million to the HESTA Sustainable Capital Investment Trust, a private equity program managed with Stafford Capital Partners. HESTA's additional US$200 million investment increases the total size of the program to ...

AAT overturns ban on former Spaceship chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has overturned the two-year ban placed on former Spaceship Capital director, chair and responsible manager Paul Dortkamp. ASIC handed Dortkamp the ban in June 2022 following an investigation that found he failed ...

Former adviser sees ban reduced

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) reduced the period and scope of the ban imposed on former financial adviser Ashok Sherwal. Sherwal, who was an authorised representative of six different licensees over the past seven years, was originally banned ...

Managed accounts dominated by SMAs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2022
According to Rainmaker data, separately managed accounts' (SMA) footprint in the managed account sector has risen dramatically in two years. SMAs funds under advice (FUA) in the past two years increased 151%. Meanwhile, managed discretionary accounts ...

AustralianSuper, Link extend partnership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2022
AustralianSuper and Link Group have extended their long-running partnership. Under the agreement, Link Group's Retirement and Superannuation Solutions will provide superannuation administration and customer engagement services to the super fund ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
Amid a year of economic turbulence and soaring inflation, Financial Standard's most read stories reveal attention was once again focused on the evolving superannuation sector. The worst performing super products and funds underscore the majority ...