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Sovereign wealth funds ramp up direct private investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... Company covered 50% of addressable SWFs assets under management globally. While the majority of SWFs are still invested in public markets with approximately US$10 trillion, private markets is becoming more active at US$5 trillion. The survey found direct ...

KPMG details action plan to address whistleblower probe

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... new sub-committees focused on priority areas such as audit quality, ethics, whistleblower oversight and other matters of public interest. KPMG interim chief executive Stan Stavros said: "The decisions announced today are necessary and immediate. We did ...

Vale Alan Greenspan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
Former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan has passed away, aged 100. Greenspan was nominated to chair the Fed by then-President Ronald Regan in 1987 and served under four Presidents in the position until 2006. During his tenure at the Fed he oversaw ...

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... There will be between 30 to 70 stocks in the portfolio, with up to 10% allocated to cash, and may participate in initial public offerings. It may also invest in New Zealand securities. Tyndall closed its doors in early 2026 following a mandate loss ...

OKX Australia leadership changes hands

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... counsel, has been named the new chief executive for the crypto platform. Prior to OKX, Chandra was the head of legal and public policy at Swyftx and brings over six years of experience in legal at Allens before that. "I would like to thank our outgoing ...

ASIC charges developer over alleged $10m fraud

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... maximum penalty of 20 years' imprisonment. The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Separate civil and contempt proceedings involving McWilliams, his wife Laura Fullarton and associated entities ...

Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... products issued by HCF Life was not an unfair contract term. While the earlier finding that the term was liable to mislead the public remains intact, the Court upheld the finding that the term was not, in law, unfair. "In the present case the pre-existing ...

Union calls on RBA staff to reject pay offer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... the central bank to return to the bargaining table and negotiate a higher wage outcome more closely aligned with broader public and private sector pay claims. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said the offer undervalues employees responsible for ...

Aware Super sells majority stake in water portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
... Australian Commonwealth Government's Voluntary Water Purchase Program and followed a comprehensive sale process with both public and private sector parties. The transaction includes a portion of water right entitlements from the southern Murray-Darling ...

HSBC Bank fined $35m in landmark scam-protection failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
HSBC Bank Australia has been hit with a $35 million penalty after admitting to widespread and systemic failures in protecting customers from scams. Following a Federal Court hearing in Melbourne on June 18, Justice Bennett handed down the penalty and ...