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arcpoint OCIO scores more mandates, Larapinta Private launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2026
Recently launched arcpoint OCIO has won three mandates including securing wealth manager and family office Larapinta Private, a new venture set up by a former Koda Capital partner. Founded by Troy Armstrong, Larapinta Private caters to Australia's ...

Netwealth expands Morgan Stanley mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2026
Amid expanding its stockbroking and private wealth capabilities, Netwealth has been picked by Morgan Stanley to provide a platform solution to its Australian wealth business. The new agreement will see Netwealth cater to Morgan Stanley's ASX-listed ...

Rest, Aware now part owners of Moorabbin Airport

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2026
Rest, Aware Super and Barings are the new owners of Moorabbin Airport, which was acquired from Goodman Group for $1.5 billion. Barings, which led the consortium's takeover, now oversees the Moorabbin Airport property, including facilitating future development ...

June adviser exam registers 72% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
ASIC reported a 71.7% pass rate in the latest round of financial adviser exam results. Some 209 people sat the exam, including 137 first-timers, in June. Of the first-timers, 75.9% or 104 passed the exam. To date, 22,748 individual candidates have sat ...

Australia welcomes 25k to millionaires' club: UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
Australia's club of millionaires jumped by 25,000 last year thanks to booming property values and fat superannuation balances, according to the latest UBS Global Wealth Report. The number of Australian millionaires increased by 1.6% over the year ...

Perpetual shuffles Aussie equities team amid departure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
Perpetual has named a new research lead as its deputy head of equities exits the fund manager later this year. Deputy head of equities Anthony Aboud tendered his resignation after spending more than 14 years at the ASX-listed group. He is also the portfolio ...

First Guardian victims recoup 8% of $38m loan

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
Victims of the First Guardian Master Fund will only recoup $2.9 million out of a $38.3 million loan made by responsible entity Falcon Capital, according to liquidators who said the amount represents a realistic commercial value compared to alternative ...

ARK Invest awards local distribution mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
Cathie Wood's ARK Investment Management has chosen Associate Global Partners (AGP) to help distribute its venture capital strategy to Australian wholesale investors. ARK Venture Fund, which is set to launch in Australia this month, is an actively ...

Bell Potter launches private wealth platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
Bell Financial Group (BFG) has launched Bell Potter Private Wealth (BPPW), a new platform that helps service its 300,000 clients with $92.1 billion in funds under advice. The platform centralises investment advice, portfolio management and consolidated ...

Tribunal shortens financial adviser's five-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
Financial adviser Christian Henry has scored a partial win in reducing ASIC's five-year ban on providing personal financial advice to three years upon appeal. Henry was initially banned by ASIC while he worked at MWL Financial Services over advice ...