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Count expands national advice footprint with $72m takeover

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
Count Financial is set to acquire a financial advice, investments and accounting business with 14 locations across the east coast of Australia. The acquisition of Oracle Advisory Group will strengthen Count's platform for future growth, enhancing its ...

Capstone launches back office service for self-licensed advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
Capstone Financial Planning is launching a new business, focused on supporting self-licensed businesses to run and manage their own Australian financial services licence (AFSL). CapBack Licensee Solutions provides full support to self-licensed advisers ...

Iran conflict exposes 'fault line' in Australian equities: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... compelling on valuation. We think that creates a stronger case for diversification as both a defensive move and an opportunity set. For investors thinking about the rest of 2026, the lesson from this drawdown may be that concentration helped on the way ...

Cbus Property appoints new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... defined not so much by what he achieved, as the way he led. "A legend in the industry for his authenticity and integrity, Adrian set a benchmark for ethical leadership that has earned wide-spread respect." Cbus Property thanked him for his contribution ...

Fiducian to pay $7.3m greenwashing fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... The parties have also not yet sought court approval on the proposed pecuniary penalties or cost orders. A date will soon be set to finalise the proceedings by the NSW Supreme Court. Fiducian offers four core funds - Capital Stable, Balanced, Growth and ...

TPB consults on AI usage rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... practitioners embrace the benefits of AI with confidence; while continuing to meet the high professional and ethical standards set out in the Code." He added that the TPB emphasises that the exposure draft is not intended to be a definitive or technical ...

APRA launches 'advanced illiquidity premium' to capital framework reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... principles-based approach that reduces procyclicality in capital settings, while maintaining appropriate safeguards," APRA added. A broad set of products will be eligible for the AILP, including all annuity products such as term certain annuities, as ...

Hostplus weighs digital asset exposure for members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... Choiceplus platform to invest in digital assets. Through Choiceplus, members can tailor their super investments from an available set of options. Hostplus has confirmed that one such option that may be made available is digital assets, with Financial ...

Legalsuper chief to take top job at Equip

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
Legalsuper will bid farewell to its chief executive Luke Symons, who is set to become chief of Equip Super. It is also losing its chief investment officer. Symons has been named incoming chief executive of Equip Super, taking over on July 1. Last week ...

Binance Australia to pay $10m over deliberate customer misclassifications

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
The Federal Court has ordered Oztures Trading, known as Binance Australia Derivatives, to pay $10 million after it was found to have misclassified more than 85%, or 524, of its retail clients between July 2022 and April 2023. ASIC commenced legal proceedings ...