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Centuria Bass freezes private credit fund redemptions

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
Centuria Bass has temporarily paused redemptions and applications to two of its private credit funds, the Centuria Bass Credit Fund and the Bass Property Credit Fund, over increased redemption requests driven by concerns on borrower Bathla Group, a ...

Macquarie puts KPMG audit under formal review

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026
Macquarie Group chair Glenn Stevens said the investment giant is formally inquiring into KPMG's capability to deliver its audit, as well as the conduct of the audit itself, at the latest parliamentary inquiry into the consulting firm. "In a nutshell ...

Albanese pushes Trump on tariff exemption

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese asked US President Donald Trump to consider a full exemption on tariffs for Australia, or at the very least no increase from the current 12.5% subject on Australian exports to the US. Albanese spoke with Trump late last ...

ASIC warns investors over Yepbit platform

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026
ASIC has warned investors against dealing with Yepbit and Yepbit Exchange after receiving reports customers have been unable to withdraw funds from the purported digital assets and futures trading platform. Yepbit claims to operate globally, including ...

RBA on hold but keeps door open for more hikes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) determined to keep interest rates on hold at 4.35% at the August meeting but left the door open to further hikes down the road. The central bank felt the economy has been broadly evolving as it expected, with three ...

ASX shareholder looks to sue directors, officers over CHESS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
One of the ASX's shareholders is using a type of claim permitted under the Corporations Act to sue the market operator's former directors and officers on behalf of the ASX itself. The ASX told the market Rosherville has proposed to bring an action in ...

Women lead in voluntary contributions: Rest

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
New analysis by the profit-to-member fund found women represented around 65% of members making voluntary contributions, compared with 35% men. The data also showed a sharp concentration of voluntary contributions around the end of the end of the financial ...

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 ...

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 ...

FEATURE: Cryptocurrency, control and confidence

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
For much of Australia's compulsory superannuation era, investing for retirement has been built on a quiet understanding: contribute consistently, trust professional fund managers and allow time to do the work. For a growing number of younger Australians ...
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