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Global concentration risks to reorient investors: JBWere

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
A rising concentration risk across global and local equities is reorienting investors to income stocks and fixed income exposure, JBWere said. JBWere head of asset allocation and portfolio management Glen Bertram noted there is really just the single ...

Australia welcomes 25k to millionaires' club: UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
Australia's club of millionaires jumped by 25,000 last year thanks to booming property values and fat superannuation balances, according to the latest UBS Global Wealth Report. The number of Australian millionaires increased by 1.6% over the year ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Capital Guard over fake bond sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
ASIC has cancelled the Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) of Capital Guard after finding that it had engaged in dishonest conduct, including the selling of a fake bond and providing false documents to its auditor. ASIC said the licence was ...

APRA names new deputy chairs

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has welcomed the appointment of two new deputy chairs, with current board member Therese McCarthy Hockey and former assistant treasurer David Bradbury set to join the regulator's leadership. ...

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 ...

Final report into Life Code makes 85 recommendations

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
The final report of an independent review of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code) has been finalised, proposing some 85 recommendations across aspects of mental health, customer vulnerability, claims handling, and sales practices. The review ...

AAT shortens financial adviser's five-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
Financial adviser Christian Henry has scored a partial win in reducing ASIC's five-year ban on providing personal financial advice to three years upon appeal. Henry was initially banned by ASIC over advice failures linked to recommendations of a ...

ASIC pushes to bolster competitiveness

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
ASIC has brought together market and financial services leaders in a push to bolster competitiveness in Australia's capital markets. This comes after new research found Australia needs to move quickly or be left behind as other jurisdictions adopt financial ...

Atlas Arteria chair resigns as IFM offer deadline inches closer

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
Atlas Arteria independent non-executive chair Debbie Goodin will resign from her position, effective July 7. That is also the date IFM Investor's offer window will close, and shareholders in the toll-road operator will have to decide on the ownership ...

Stablecoins a key to instant access to global credit markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
As the world enters a digital age, digital assets like stablecoins are not only opening doors for assets like private credit funds that were exclusive to institutional investors, but also a debt universe that is no longer limited to the domestic market ...