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Euroz Hartleys in 'early stage' talks with big investor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... potentially make a strategic stake in the Perth-based financial services company. Addressing an AFR article published on August 19, which stated that the Canadian bank was shopping around Australia to invest in mid-tier stockbrokers, Euroz Hartleys said ...

CEDA calls for 'seamless economy' reforms as Roundtable begins

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... This comes after Treasurer Jim Chalmers kicked off the Economic Reform Roundtable yesterday. The event will run until the August 21. During his opening remarks, Chalmers said there were three main objectives for the Roundtable: to make the economy more ...

Evidentia names chief risk, operating officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... officer who previously worked at MLC Asset Management and Perpetual. Jason Komadina will officially take on the role on August 22. He joined Evidentia in March as an integration lead. Prior to that, he spent nearly five years at MLC AM with his most ...

Adviser banned for UGC, Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... pushing them to invest in the Global Capital Property Fund (GCPF) and Pivotal Diversified Fund. The banning took effect from August 14. Rankin was an authorised representative of Next Generation Advice between 13 September 2021 and 11 November 2022 when ...

VanEck goes for growth with new ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... quality, value and small cap strategies. VanEck MSCI International Growth ETF (ASX: GWTH) will be available on the ASX from August 28, pending final regulatory approval. GWTH aims to capitalise on the outperformance of 'growth' companies over 'value' ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... sell-off that followed US President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariff announcements was in April, but in August that already seems like another world. Since then, investors have had to deal with a short conflict between Israel and Iran ...

Magellan rebrands investment business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... on a darknet site. The hackers claimed to have stolen 85 gigabytes of data. A statement on Magellan's site says: "On 8 August 2025, Magellan Financial Group became aware of claims suggesting a potential cybersecurity incident involving our data. Our ...

Super board moves: ART, Aware, Brighter Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
August is a season for reporting - and board appointments. Three major super funds ART, Aware and Brighter Super announce their latest additions. At Australian Retirement Trust (ART), multiple chair appointee Anthony Lynham will join the board on August ...

Decade-long ban for UGC director upheld

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... be wound up in October 2024. UGC was based in Melbourne and had held an Australian financial services licence since 18 August 2017. This was cancelled upon Hewish's banning. However, the announcement of the ban and cancellation was delayed due to interim ...

Former Kerr Neilson staffer pleads guilty to insider trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... Management shares. At Sydney's Local Court yesterday, Forrest pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading between August and September 2024. ASIC alleged he acquired about $2.6 million of Platinum shares while in possession of inside information ...