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FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... visited Australia due to rising investor demand - especially in the secondaries market. "We are seeing an increasing interest in PE secondaries in Australia, particularly with high-net-worth investors and family offices, many of whom are first-time investors ...

Insignia Financial shareholders approve takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... $4 cash per share in late 2024 ; the offer was subsequently rejected. At the beginning of 2025, CC Capital expressed interest in the takeover by offering a higher sum for the shares. Following much back-and-forth between the two, Insignia granted both ...

Spheria launches active ETF for small caps fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... agricultural commodities." Wickenden added that March marked the month where the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked interest rate for the second time in 2026, the only major central banks to be actively hiking. "For Australian equities this reinforces ...

Magellan shareholders say yes to Barrenjoey takeover

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... Magellan was a founding investor in Barrenjoey back in 2020. It currently owns 46% of the advisory firm, with 46.4% economic interest and a 5% voting interest. "We have seen first-hand the calibre of its people, the strength of its culture, and the breadth ...

ASIC acts against another former FSGA adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
An adviser that ASIC said was experienced enough to know better than to advise clients to invest in Shield and First Guardian has been banned for five years. Shane Monte Silva failed to act in certain clients' best interests when he told them to switch ...

Aussies remain 'positive' about retirement: Challenger

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
Despite a slight improvement in retirement sentiment, Challenger believes better access of financial education among older Australians, particularly regarding lifetime income stream strategies, will be beneficial to retirees. The third annual Challenger ...

Foreign resident CGT rules up for consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... ordinary meaning) and captures rights and interests over land (regardless of how a state law or territory law treats the interest), things fixed or installed on land, whether or not they are treated another way under state and territory law or general ...

SMSF Adviser Network shuts its doors, 85 advisers vanish from FAR

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
SMSF Adviser Network (SAN) has closed its doors and subsequently seen its entire fleet of 85 advisers delisted from ASIC's financial adviser register (FAR). SAN's representatives were predominantly accountants who operated under a limited licence ...

Concerns raised over super switching consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
Financial services consultant Ben Walsh has called out concerns with Treasury's super switching consultation, saying parts of it miss the mark. Walsh said the consultation focuses on "the 'switch' as the point of failure" while ignoring a "massive 'user ...

Div 296 requires fixing before finalisation: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... reserve, the reserve may contribute to fund earnings but not to the denominator, because it is not itself a superannuation interest with a TSB value," the submission explained. "This could result in the member being attributed earnings economically associated ...