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PE firm sells CyberCX to Accenture

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Accenture will acquire trans-Tasman cyber security firm CyberCX from private equity firm BGH Capital. Founded in Melbourne in 2019, CyberCX has about 1400 employees and provides consulting, transformation and managed security services, as well as offensive ...

Decade-long ban for UGC director upheld

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... (GCPF). The entity entered voluntary administration and was ordered to 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 ...

RBA cuts rates, experts debate next moves

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... coming months should eventually lift their animal spirits." Bassanese said he believes the next rate cut will come on Melbourne Cup Day in November, followed by further cuts in February and May 2026. Meanwhile, Schroders head of fixed income Kellie Wood ...

Former fund investment chief joins JANA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... superannuation, and consulting. She most recently worked as the chief investment officer at Rajomon Asset Management, a Melbourne-based fund manager. She also held roles at Mercer, Legal Super and CCI Asset Management. "In recent years, JANA has significantly ...

IFM Investors buys Air Rail

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... which has plenty of experience in owning and operating airports throughout the world. It has stakes in Sydney Airport, Melbourne Airport, NT Airports, Manchester Airports Group, and Flughafen Wien Group, which includes Vienna Airport, to name a few. ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... definitively what the outcome is. Director of sector research Paul Newfield cites the example of 50 property managers with Melbourne office properties, where one wrote down assets by 5% over six months. On the surface, historical data might suggest others ...

Mercer Super, Virgin Money Super members caught in Australia Post burglaries

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... Virgin Money Super members are the victims of an Australia Post security breach following several burglaries at its Melbourne GPO. Australia Post said the break-ins occurred between July 6 and 17 and the "theft of some mail articles" took place. Mercer ...

VFMC farewells asset allocation lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... resigned from the role she held since 2022. She told her LinkedIn community that after three years of commuting weekly to Melbourne, she decided to resign. KC (as he is known) joined VFMC just 16 months ago, after a 12-year career at Frontier Advisors ...

Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... be roll-back of the legislation, given the intention of these laws is predominantly to target US multinationals?" the Melbourne-based accounting firm writes. "What is the adverse impact on Australian multinationals since the exclusion provides a structural ...

ASIC bans advisers for dodgy Shield Master Fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... contravene a financial services law. MWL Financial Services is part of MWL Financial Group, which is headquartered in Melbourne. Bradley was based in the Chatswood office in Sydney. His banning order took effect from July 3. For his part, ASIC banned ...