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Special Feature: Rewarding patient capital

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
Co-investments and the secondaries market are driving a fresh wave of private equity deals, with super funds emerging as major players, but in a tougher, slower season for the asset class, endurance is key. Investors looking at private equity for the ...

Perpetual shuffles Aussie equities team amid departure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
Perpetual has named a new research lead as its deputy head of equities exits the fund manager later this year. Deputy head of equities Anthony Aboud tendered his resignation after spending more than 14 years at the ASX-listed group. He is also the portfolio ...

Perpetual rejects $2.5bn takeover offer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026
Perpetual has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from Swedish private equity giant EQT which valued the firm at $2.5 billion. The "unsolicited, non-binding, conditional and indicative proposal" was for $21.64 cash per share, representing a 40% premium ...

Vale Alan Greenspan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
Former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan has passed away, aged 100. Greenspan was nominated to chair the Fed by then-President Ronald Regan in 1987 and served under four Presidents in the position until 2006. During his tenure at the Fed he oversaw ...

OKX Australia leadership changes hands

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
After nearly two years at the helm, OKX Australia chief executive Kate Cooper is stepping down from the top job. Making the announcement on LinkedIn, Cooper said she will formally transition out of the role on June 26. Cooper was the first appointed ...

Vanguard's oldest ETF eclipses to US$1tn in value

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has crossed the US$1 trillion mark in net asset value for the first time, becoming the first in the asset class to achieve the feat. Morningstar associate director Daniel Sotiroff said the achievement underscores the immense success ...

KPMG chief resigns after firm admits whistleblower probe fell short

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
KPMG Australia has admitted its treatment of a whistleblower and investigation into their allegations fell short of the firm's expectations, those of the whistleblower and the broader community. The whistleblower had raised two matters on client documents ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon grabbed headlines last year when speaking at one of the banking giant's quarterly earnings calls. "When you see one cockroach," he told analysts, "there are probably more." The cockroach Dimon was referring ...

Macquarie shareholders question its climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
Macquarie Group shareholders are questioning if the investment giant is still committed to aligning its finances with the goal of net zero by 2050 and if so, how it plans to assess its fossil fuel financing activity for compliance. Shareholders have ...

Natixis appoints client services director

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
Natixis IM appoints a client services director as it continues to expand its local range of managed funds and active ETFs. Mai Platts joins the investment giant as director in client services, reporting to Barbara Whyte, head of client services and ...
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