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PC calls on government to 'redouble' efforts to close the gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2026
... is worsening nationally, with uneven progress across places and groups," Button said. "Programs that put communities in control of providing culturally safe early childhood education and care services, like the Connected Beginnings program, are showing ...

ASIC simplifies compliance with beneficial ownership reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2026
ASIC has simplified compliance with its beneficial ownership reforms that will improve transparency about who ultimately owns, controls or has significant economic exposure to listed entities in Australia. From December 4, entities listed on Australian ...

Igneo makes three acquisitions, launches energy platform

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026
... approvals. Igneo said the new platform reflects growing demand from commercial and industrial customers seeking greater control over energy costs, reliability and decarbonisation through on-site energy infrastructure. Partner Daniel Timms said the business ...

ASIC wins court order to wind up Capital Guard

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026
... ASIC has successfully sought Supreme Court orders to wind up Capital Guard and appoint independent liquidators to take control of the company. Capital Guard promoted itself as a regulated financial services provider that specialised in acquiring and ...

EQT AB lifts Perpetual bid to $22.50 a share

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
EQT AB has again upped its takeover bid for Perpetual, raising the offer price to $22.50. The private equity firm put in a revised offer price yesterday, which represents a 2% increase on the previous $22.07-per-share proposal announced in mid-July ...

Special Feature: Beyond safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... falling from 158 to 81 by June 2025, while total system assets have surged past $4.5 trillion. The top three funds alone now control almost $1 trillion between them. Aware Super is one of those mega-funds. It is managing an increasingly complex portfolio ...

Centuria quashes governance allegations amid fund downgrades

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... 2025. "[While] Mr Stone previously worked for a Bathla Group entity for 12 months, he has no ownership interest in, or control over, any Bathla Group entity," Centuria said. "Stone is not a voting member of the Centuria Bass Credit investment committee ...

ASIC bans former NextGen Financial Group directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
ASIC banned two former NextGen Financial Group directors from working in financial services for three years for failing to comply with Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determinations. Nicholas Duncan Jeremy Brookes and Vittorio Vincenzo ...

Fight between SMC and FSC on super rages on

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... materially improve long-term financial outcomes. He added policy proposals that make it harder for Australians to exercise control over their superannuation will directly harm their financial wellbeing. The research by FSC challenged the perception that ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Grab a shopping cart and enter the investment supermarket. The shelves are stacked - an Aussie large-cap fund here, an ETF there, a fixed-income fund somewhere near the back, past the alternatives nobody quite understands. There is an estimated $1 trillion ...