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Former director jailed for misuse of $1.75m

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
Former Equitable Financial Solutions director Usman Siddiqui has been sentenced to six years and six months' imprisonment for dishonestly using his position as a director and misappropriating company funds. Siddiqui, the former sole director of Equitable ...

Superhero partners for crypto push

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
Superhero has joined forces with Robinhood's cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp to enter the digital assets market. The trading and superannuation platform launched Superhero Crypto, allowing customers to buy, sell and hold selected digital assets directly ...

Life CCC unveils FY27 priorities

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
The Life Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has laid out its priorities for the current financial year, including providing the necessary support required for the upcoming implementation of the revised Life Code (Code). The focus in FY27 is largely ...

ASIC ramps up enforcement action

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
ASIC has delivered 150 administrative enforcement outcomes in 2025-26, including the removal or restriction of 87 individuals and businesses from providing financial services as the regulator intensifies action against misconduct across the financial ...

Cbus rolls out death benefit nomination changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2026
Cbus will roll out changes to death benefit nominations, which include scrapping nominations that expire in three years. Effective October 16, Cbus will offer new non-lapsing binding death benefit nominations and allow members to make them online. The ...

ASFA names board chair

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2026
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has appointed Linda Elkins as its new chair, effective August 25. Elkins previously served as the national leader for the asset and wealth management sector and was a former partner in the ...

Coinbase launches perps for wholesale investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2026
Coinbase Australia is launching perpetuals contracts (perps), with three different options ranging from cryptocurrency, equity, and commodity assets, available to eligible wholesale investors. The firm said the domestic crypto market is maturing, and ...

Funds SA appoints equities director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2026
Funds SA has appointed Tassie Brakenridge as its new director, equities. Brakenridge joins Funds SA with more than 18 years of global investment and industry experience spanning equities, emerging markets, sustainable investing and institutional client ...

Franklin Templeton names new APAC head

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
Franklin Templeton has appointed the former global chief of Aberdeen Investments to a lead role in its Asia-Pacific business. Rene Buehlmann is the new head of Asia Pacific and will start his role late next month (September 21). As APAC head, Buehlmann ...

Bain Capital snaps up Gong cha in global growth push

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
Bain Capital has agreed to acquire bubble tea giant Gong cha Global from private equity firm TA Associates, adding another consumer brand to a growing list of acquisitions as the firm continues its global expansion. Financial terms for the acquisition ...