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APG tops up MaxCap mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
APG Asset Management has topped up its mandates with MaxCap, deploying another $557 million ($US400m) to invest across Australian real estate. The discretionary mandate will continue to invest in first-mortgage loans across all real estate sectors with ...

KKR to pocket $24bn from USI sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
KKR, alongside other co-investors, have agreed to sell USI Insurance Services to Aon for $24 billion (US$17bn). USI is an insurance brokerage and consulting business across risk, employee benefits and retirement solutions, and boast more than 10,500 ...

Equity Trustees super exit sparks Hejaz Islamic Super and Pension closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
Hejaz's Islamic Super and Pension products will be terminated as a fallout from Equity Trustees ditching the superannuation trustee business. The latter, however, says otherwise. Hejaz Islamic Super had 2600 members and more than $98 million in ...

Global X cuts fees on gold ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
Global X is reducing the management fee on the Global X Gold Bullion ETF (GXLD) from 0.15% to 0.14% per annum, effective September 1. This comes after VanEck cut management fees on its gold ETF last week, also to 0.14% per annum. Global X said the move ...

FEATURE | Managed accounts | Industrialising advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
Consider a situation where a financial adviser believes an investment is no longer suitable for their clients. Perhaps a fund manager is underperforming or a stock held directly by clients needs to be sold. In the past, advisers would often have to ...

I Squared Capital forays into Aussie private wealth space

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
I Squared Capital is expanding its global private wealth business into Australia with the launch of the evergreen ISQ OpenInfra AUT Fund. The global infrastructure investment manager with $85 billion in assets under management has also appointed Linda ...

Vanguard to acquire custodian Altruist

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Vanguard will acquire custodian and investment platform Altruist in a bid to expand into the American independent financial adviser market. The two parties entered into a definitive agreement, the financial terms of which were not disclosed. Outlets ...

FAAA pushes to expand NCA to financial advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said it will advocate strongly to expand the scope of the New Class of Advisers' to all financial advisers, which will currently be limited to only superannuation funds and life insurers. The reforms will ...

Centuria steps away from joint-chief executive model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Centuria Capital will be led solely by Jason Huljich from November 27, who will take the role of group chief executive, after joint chief executive John McBain decided to step down from the role, which will also come into effect on the same date. Centuria ...

AUDC supports startup to launch tokenised private credit offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Australian stablecoin issuer AUDC has selected a local fintech company to integrate its Australian domiciled stablecoin for a tokenised private credit offering via its grant program. Kasu is a real-world-asset private credit platform that connects loan ...