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WT Financial's Investco makes acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... acquisition and the establishment of its second "Hubco". Titan Advice Group (TAG) - which was formed as the first Hubco in April - has announced the acquisition of Rushby Financial for $2.8 million. Settlement is expected to be completed by October 1 ...

Warakirri brings US manager to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... investor sentiment and improving fundamentals." The fund invests in between 80 and 160 global small cap companies. Since its April 2020 inception it has outperformed the MSCI World Small Index by 5.9%. "We are excited to announce this partnership which ...

Former Qantas Super investment chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... years' investment experience across Australian and the UK. He was chief investment officer at Qantas Super from 2008 until April this year, when he simultaneously offloaded his capacity as a non-executive director for the Association of Superannuation ...

Guilty plea entered in Ponzi scheme case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... Arandez pleaded guilty to dishonest conduct, unlicensed conduct, and dealing with proceeds of crime between September 2017 and April 2021. During this time, he carried on a financial services business without an AFSL and engaged in dishonest conduct ...

Brandes launches first fund, taps Equity Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... investing for Australian institutional clients for 25 years and is now setting its sights on sophisticated investors. In April, the San Diego-headquartered fund manager flagged it was taking on the region, having appointed Diya Lowe as its APAC director ...

Employee shareholders officially file lawsuit against FNZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... constitutional changes by the board that removed protections for ordinary shareholders. Subsequently, as first flagged in April, the group said the value of their shares had been drastically eroded by institutional investors and private equity who dominate ...

Former CBA chief economist joins UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... Yeaman was a deputy secretary in the Department of Treasury and head of its macroeconomic group, a position he held since April 2020. Yeaman has also served as Australia's G20 finance deputy and represented Australia in a variety of global economic ...

American Century cuts US outlook amid tariff impacts

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
American Century Investments has revised its medium-term capital markets assumptions, which were formulated in April before US President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced. US equity return forecasts have declined, driven by falling price-to-earnings ...

ASX updates waiver disclosure rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... no longer being confidential or incomplete. The requirement is part of the ASX's review of its Listing Rules announced in April. Off the back of "heightened investor interest" around the James Hardie proposed acquisition of US-based Azek, the ASX said ...

Cbus deputy chief executive resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... This is the second C-suite exit Cbus has seen this year after chief investment officer Brett Chatfield left the fund in April. Chatfield has worked at Cbus for more than a decade before leaving to commence as chief investment officer for a large family ...