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Brighter Super, QIC back autonomous robot company

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... Queensland-based, high-growth businesses. FMT builds autonomous robots that work in collaboration with skilled labour. Founded in Brisbane, FMT currently has contracts with Melbourne's High-Capacity Metro Trains, Dubai Metro and Copenhagen Metro ...

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 ...

AFM, PGIM announce exit from Qld retirement village developer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... partner to provide equity funding for the next stage of growth and has some 800 independent apartments in operation across Brisbane, Toowoomba, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast. AFM chief investment officer Tim Meurer said despite the growing sector ...

Quinbrook expands Australian focus with two new executives

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... to chief executive Brian Restall, and will help grow and execute the firm's pipeline of projects. He is based in the Brisbane office and has more than 20 years' experience in energy and infrastructure investments across gas, LNG, power, renewables ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Qld securities dealer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... under the licence's guidelines. ASIC said Pulse Markets can apply for a review of ASIC's decision. Pulse Markets is a Brisbane-based securities dealer and held an AFSL since 7 June 2002. On its website, Pulse Markets said it specialises in ECMs/corporate ...

Government to ask super funds to invest in defence infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... billion. The audit found the sites, which include islands in Sydney Harbour and Victoria Barracks in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, serve no useful strategic value and some will instead be used for new housing developments, among other things.

US-backed firm invests in Brisbane advice group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
US-backed Merchant Wealth Partners has secured a minority investment in Brisbane-based advice group Infinity Financial Consultants. This transaction will advance the firm's ambitions of playing an active role in the consolidation of Australia's wealth ...

Super moves: ART, Allianz, HESTA, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... assets and the UK, welcomed Claire Coustar to the role of senior portfolio manager. "We are spending some time in our Brisbane office this week, meeting the team and are looking forward to working together on growing our London platform, our existing ...

Granite Bay Private Wealth launches, taps BlackRock

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... Bay Private Wealth and appointed BlackRock as its outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO). Granite Bay is founded by Brisbane-based Steve Moon, who is also the managing partner. Moon was formerly an executive director at Morgan Stanley for 13 years ...

Forrests' donation crowns WA as most generous state: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... donation declines of 34% and 60% respectively. Melbourne's equivalent suburbs saw a 23% decline in total donations while Brisbane's inner city saw a drop of 57%. Overall, charitable donations surged to $9.1 billion in FY23 as the number of Australians ...