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Aussie Olympian's brother sentenced over crypto scam

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
The brother of Australian breakdancing Olympian 'Raygun' has been sentenced 12 months' imprisonment for his role in a global cryptocurrency scam. Earlier in the year, former finance director Brendan Gunn pleaded guilty to dealing with more ...

Fund managers unsure about expenditures on AI

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... use AI for 25-49% of their investment decision-making, while 10% rely on it for "the majority" of their investment calls. Close to two in five (38%) apply AI to 25-49% of their risk processes, and 8% use it for most risk assessments. Across operations ...

STOXX broadens global equity suite

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
STOXX has expanded its global equity index offering with the launch of the STOXX Investable Market Indices (IMI), a new benchmark family designed to give institutional investors broader, more flexible exposure across developed and emerging equity markets. ...

Acclaim Wealth makes C-suite appointment in newly created role

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
Acclaim Wealth has promoted its head of adviser services into a newly created C-suite role to reflect the company's continued growth and focus on enhancing service delivery to its national adviser network. Aimie West extends her eight-year tenure ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Grab a shopping cart and enter the investment supermarket. The shelves are stacked - an Aussie large-cap fund here, an ETF there, a fixed-income fund somewhere near the back, past the alternatives nobody quite understands. There is an estimated $1 trillion ...

ASX to rejig corporate governance framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... consultation process, with the aim of delivering final recommendations to the ASX board by the end of the year. Written submissions close on September 14, while ASX and the AGCG will conduct a national roadshow in August to gather stakeholder feedback. ...

New 'high-risk' derivatives on the rise

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... date, and unlike traditional futures, perps "trade continuously and use a funding-rate mechanism to keep the contract price close to the underlying spot price." The DFCRC noted the product offers "concentrated liquidity" by avoiding the periodic fragmentation ...

Treasury expects regulators to do the heavy lifting

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
Treasury has released new Statements of Expectations (SoE) for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), with an emphasis on how the regulators should promote a more sustainable ...

Eiger Capital co-founder flags retirement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... analyst covering a variety of sectors at Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank. Wood commented: "It's been a privilege to spend close to four decades in investment markets, and the past seven years with Victor Gomes and David Haddad building Eiger Capital ...

MST Financial broadens services to Alder & Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
MST Financial has broadened its services for Alder & Partners Private Wealth Management, providing "institutional-grade investments" across managed accounts, asset allocation and research. MST Investment Solutions, the portfolio advisory and implementation ...