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ASX outlines upcoming plans to 'rebuild confidence'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... confidence." Moving on, components of the Commitment Plan may vary to reflect any findings from ASIC's final report, he said. "As a board, we are acutely aware of the need to be highly active and involved with the ASX's transformation. We have substantially ...

Magellan to merge with Barrenjoey for $906m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... deputy chair. Some Barrenjoey directors and Barclays' chair of investment banking Paul Compton will also join the new board. David Dixon will then retire from the board upon completion of the merger. Magellan said Barrenjoey has an implied value ...

Future Group to buy Towers Watson RSE licence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... understood Jeremy Cooper will serve as chair. Cooper already has a role at Future Group as chair of its Carbon Advisory Board. Equity Trustees currently serves as Future Group's trustee, a relationship that commenced in 2023. Before that, it was ...

Super moves: Mercer, AusSuper, Future Fund, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... Elsewhere, Shikha Gupta, Future Fund's executive director of alternatives, has been elected trustee of the Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI), the industry body promoting best-practice standards across alternative investments. As ...

Monetary policy decisions now 'more difficult': Bullock

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... So, there is a bit of an art to it." Bullock acknowledged while the data the bank relies on is backwards looking, the RBA board does what it can to use that data as a starting point to determine where the Australian economy is heading. "We know the data ...

Equity Trustees lands new mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
Equity Trustees (EQT) has been appointed Responsible Entity for the new River Capital High Conviction Fund. The fund, available to institutional and wholesale investors directly, and to retail investors via platforms, provides access to a focused portfolio ...

Strategic simplification lifts ClearView's profits

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... implementation deed (SID) with Zurich on Tuesday, under which Zurich is offering 65 cents for each ClearView share. The board intends to pay a fully franked special dividend prior to implementation of the scheme. Under the SID, ClearView is permitted ...

Perpetual sees 349% profit jump

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... management continued to show resilience as the sale process continued," Perpetual chief executive Bernard Reilly said. The board declared an interim dividend of 59 cents per share. The wealth management business saw underlying profits before tax drop ...

Iress sticks to simplification plan, will consider "bona fide" takeover bids

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... change-of-control could deliver compelling and certain value for shareholders, but said no such offer has been received. "The board has determined that the most attractive path to maximising shareholder value is to focus on the disciplined execution ...

Unintended consequences of passive investing materialise: MFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... industry has spent years not wanting to define what a full market cycle is, because it feels like it's all over the board. I've had many debates with both academics and it helps to get some of these numbers right," she said. About 40 years ago ...