Financial Standard

The Financial Standard is part of Rainmaker Group and specializes in delivering industry news, investment insights, and educational resources. It caters to superannuation trustees, financial advisors, researchers, consultants, investment managers, and professional investors.

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Private credit market has lenders sweating

3 days ago | financialstandard.com.au | Andrew McKean

Stamford Capital's Debt Capital Markets survey has revealed that lenders are uneasy about the size and practices of Australia's private credit market. The survey gauged the sentiment of 100 major banks, non-banks, and second-tier banks. Stamford Capital said over the last few years, commercial borrowers have grown increasingly comfortable with private credit. Growing demand for fast and flexible finance has fuelled an explosion of private and non-bank lenders in the commercial real estate space.
Netwealth chair to retire, successor appointed

3 days ago | financialstandard.com.au | Andrew McKean

Netwealth chair Tim Antonie, who's served as chair of the wealth management platform since February 2021, will retire from the board at the end of August. Antonie's successor is a former Future Fund board member who was appointed as an independent non-executive director at Netwealth on Tuesday. Michael Wachtel, who spent nine years at the sovereign wealth fund, will take the reins.
Top companies, chief executives ranked by fund managers

4 days ago | financialstandard.com.au | Andrew McKean

Excel, formerly Institutional Investor Research, has unveiled its inaugural executive survey, spotlighting Australia and New Zealand's top-ranked companies and chief executives. The survey gathered feedback from over 250 investors, fund managers, and analysts from 139 firms.
SS&C lands mandate from local boutique fund services provider

4 days ago | financialstandard.com.au | Andrew McKean

SS&C Technologies has been awarded a mandate by a boutique fund services provider to investment managers in Australia to support its fund services operations. Fundhost, which has $2 billion in assets under management, provides responsible entity, trustee, fund administration, registry, compliance via a strategic relationship with HSBC, operations and support services to boutique Australian and international fund managers.
HESTA turns the lights back on after service shutdown

4 days ago | financialstandard.com.au | Andrew McKean

HESTA has completed the transition of its member administration services to GROW Inc, restoring online services after a seven-week disruption to transactions and app access. HESTA, which has over one million members, said this marked the end of one of the largest and most comprehensive technology projects undertaken by an industry super fund. During the limited services period, more than a decade's worth of data was transferred to Grow Inc.
Australia's billionaire boom branded 'morally wrong' by Oxfam

5 days ago | financialstandard.com.au | Andrew McKean

The ranks of Australian billionaires have more than doubled over the past decade, accumulating wealth at $137 million per day on average - $95,000 per minute, according to Oxfam Australia. Its acting chief executive Christina Muli described this as "morally wrong."The number of Australian billionaires has risen from 74 in 2015 to 161 in 2025, according to the anti-poverty organisation's analysis of the Australian Financial Review Rich List.
Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

5 days ago | financialstandard.com.au | Andrew McKean

Global stock markets roared back in May, staging a spectacular turnaround from the extreme volatility and negative returns that rattled most developed equity markets in April. But uncertainty still looms large. UniSuper head of fixed interest David Colosimo says that just one Truth Social post from US President Donald Trump could trigger market volatility. Colosimo noted that US shares climbed 6% in May, their strongest month in over a year, after skidding nearly 19% from February highs in April.
Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

5 days ago | financialstandard.com.au | Jamie Williamson

The National Minimum Wage and all modern award minimum wage rates will increase by 3.5% on July 1. The minimum wage is currently $24.10 an hour and, following the Fair Work Commission's decision today, will rise to $24.95 an hour. This equates to a before-tax wage of $948 per week, up about $32, or an annual salary of $51,512.
Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

6 days ago | financialstandard.com.au | Jamie Williamson

Superhero has welcomed its first chief investment officer, as it targets Australians seeking sophisticated solutions without the need for advice.
Dai-ichi Life acquires 15% of M&G

6 days ago | financialstandard.com.au | Jamie Williamson

Dai-ichi Life HD, which owns TAL, will acquire 15% of British asset manager M&G, with the two establishing a long-term strategic partnership across asset management and life insurance. Under the partnership, which is expected to produce at least US$6 billion of new business flows for M&G and US$2 billion for Dai-ichi Life over the next five years, M&G will become Dai-ichi Life's preferred asset management partner in Europe.