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Brisbane financial adviser appears in court on dishonesty charges

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
Brisbane financial adviser Sunny Mahendra Prakash appeared in the city's Magistrates Court on March 6 to face multiple charges of dishonesty offences. Prakash is a director of Principal Financial Services, Self-Managed Super, Provest Enterprises, and ...

US alternative lender launches $250m income fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
A California-based private credit firm has strengthened its Australian presence with the launch of a new income fund, targeting later-stage technology companies with strong commitments from investors exceeding $250 million. Partners for Growth has launched ...

BlackRock caps outflows on US$27bn private credit fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
BlackRock has capped redemptions on its private credit fund HPS Corporate Lending Fund (HLEND), imposing the 5% limit after investors sought to yank out US$1.2 billion. Subsidiary HPS Investments Partners, which BlackRock acquired in 2024 for US$12 ...

IFM maps path for super funds to meet US infrastructure funding gap

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
IFM Investors has released a policy blueprint Revitalising US infrastructure: The pension capital advantage, to help bridge the gap in US infrastructure funding with investments from Australian superannuation funds. This comes on the back of Australian ...

Australians unlock only 1% of $600bn in home equity: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
A new study reveals that around $600 billion of home equity can be unlocked through structured equity release products, yet only a fraction has been used thus far. Deloitte's 2026 Australian Reverse Mortgage Survey - compiled in collaboration with Heartland ...

Major super reforms cost members $670m in death benefits: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... in $670 million in foregone death benefits each year, new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) shows. Seven years since the two pieces of legislation took effect, ASFA estimated about 5000 Australians per year died ...

Morgan Stanley sheds 2500 global roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
Morgan Stanley is shedding 2500 jobs across its global workforce, affecting many in the investment banking, wealth management and investment management divisions. As first reported overnight by the Wall Street Journal, roles from front office to the ...

ASX partners with LSEG to upgrade derivatives platform

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
ASX will partner with LSEG to modernise and upgrade its derivatives trading platform. ASX 24 trades the Australian and New Zealand interest rate, equity and commodity futures and options markets, supporting some of the world's longest trading hours. ...

What Australia must do to be at the forefront of financial innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
ASIC chair Joe Longo highlighted two key development areas for Australia to align with prominent players across the Asia Pacific region, saying the regulator wants to be a backer, not blocker, of financial innovation. Speaking at the Asia Securities ...

Local custody industry surpasses $6tn milestone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
Many custodians saw double-digit growth in their assets under custody in the second half of 2025, but none more so than BNP Paribas. Assets under custody in Australia grew to $6.2 trillion in the first half of FY26, an increase of 8.6% on the June 2025 ...