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PE activity to continue momentum in 2026: Corrs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
Private equity activity will continue gaining momentum in the next year, according to the 2026 outlook by Corrs Chambers Westgarth. Corrs expects continued appetite for growth in technology, business services and financial services, and growing interest ...

Talent crunch lifts base salaries for advisers: Kaizen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... said, has predominantly been driven by mounting regulatory pressures which continue to increase. "Consolidation and M&A activity, particularly among boutique firms and superannuation funds have further contributed to the talent drain, often resulting ...

Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... "Equally, our approach of leaning into a single stable secular scenario to help inform our longer-term portfolio construction activity was recognised as sub-optimal given the increased degree of longer-term uncertainty anticipated under The New Investment ...

Damian Graham jumps to Challenger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... fund said the move was part of a transition to retirement for Graham. This new role will bring together all investment activity under unified leadership, Challenger said. "I am delighted to welcome Damian to Challenger as our group chief investment officer. ...

Treasury seeks feedback on foreign investment reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... foreign investment framework, saying it will reduce unnecessary red tape for institutions engaging in lower risk investment activity, while focusing scrutiny for higher-risk transactions. "The Treasurer's announcement today to streamline the foreign ...

M&A makes rebound, creating higher-value deals: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... based on conversations with 100 Australian M&A corporations. Three in four (75%) believe economic conditions support M&A activity, yet nearly half (47%) said international uncertainty is affecting their ability to execute deals, a sharp increase from ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... exclusions may apply in cases such as suicide, typically within the first 12-24 months of the policy; death due to criminal activity; death resulting from high-risk activities; and fraudulent claims," Sullivan explains. "The cause of death plays a significant ...

First Guardian shaves $286m off Praemium FUA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... Scope+ highlights our market-leading capability. The strength of these non-custodial services is driving consistent sales activity, with a number of signed agreements for both Scope and Scope+ scheduled to onboard in the coming quarters." Wamsteker said ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... decades," Walker says. "There seems to have been collapse after collapse that indicate that a whole pile of untoward activity can occur in these schemes and apparently, just go completely unchecked until the liquidator gets called in." By the time that ...

New 100% tariffs on China: Another TACO moment?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... "It's absolutely true that the economic impact of tariffs has been certainly less bad than what many expected, both on activity and inflation, but I think it's early to assume that we haven't seen the worst of it," McCormick said.