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Treasury looks to reform regulation on consulting firms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
... government to look at structural separation options in the past. "Structural separation is clearly a cleaner and neater way to deal with some of these conflict issues than saying that firms should manage them more clearly within the firm," he said. He ...

Esencia seals third merger

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
... Esencia Wealth has continued its national expansion strategy, merging with New South Wales-based Cove Financial Group in a deal that brings around 650 clients and four financial advisers into the business. The Shellharbour-based advice firm is Esencia ...

Stablecoins a key to instant access to global credit markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... "In a lending context, that means collateral can be posted, verified, and released entirely on-chain. This removes a great deal of the opacity that has long disadvantaged smaller borrowers in international debt markets, by making lending transparent ...

Euroz Hartleys sells capital markets arm to Canada's BMO

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... Euroz Hartleys has sold its capital markets business to Canada's BMO Financial Group (BMO) for $145 million in an all-cash deal. The divestment will allow the ASX-listed wealth firm to be a standalone pure-play private wealth business, it said. Both ...

HMC, KKR tie up receives ACCC approval

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has also approved the deal. Financial close is expected to occur on or around June 30. KKR will inject up to $603 million into the HMC Energy Platform ...

ASIC sues three Keystone Asset Management directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
ASIC is suing former Keystone Asset Management directors Paul Chiodo, Ilya Frolov and Mark Yorston for allegedly failing their duties to safeguard superannuation members from the collapse of the Shield Master Fund. Some 5800 investors with $530 million ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up direct private investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
A new survey on global sovereign wealth funds (SWF) found assets under management allocated to private markets is becoming more active, with funds increasingly manage these exposures in-house than through third-party managers. The survey by Bain and ...

Inflation cools, RBA facing 'uncomfortable trade-off'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 4% in the 12 months to May 2026, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "Annual CPI inflation in May was 4%, down from 4.2% in the year to April," ABS head of prices statistics Rachael McCririck said. ...

New Forests expands US forestry footprint

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... local engagement, New Forests will partner with established forest management teams on Washingtons Olympic Peninsula. The deal further expands the firms North American footprint, which now spans assets across the Pacific Northwest, Northern California ...

Union calls on RBA staff to reject pay offer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
The Finance Sector Union (FSU) has urged Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) staff to reject a proposed wage deal, arguing the offer fails to keep pace with inflation and risks driving skilled employees from the central bank. The dispute centres on a proposed ...