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GESB chief bows out after 10 years

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
Western Australia's largest public sector super fund is searching for a new chief executive following the departure of its long-serving leader. Ben Palmer, a former investment manager with GESB, will be replaced by investment chief Paul Taylor on ...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquires Asset Partners Private Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... currently provide similar services across approximately 130 countries around the world. In Australia, AJG is also the owner of Western Australia-based Wealth Management Partners (WMP). WMP is led by managing partner Steve Beattie, and three senior partners ...

Ausbil adds to institutional sales

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, she will be responsible for servicing clients across New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, reporting to the head of global distribution, Adrian Amores. Before joining Ausbil, Machin was client director at ...

Division 296 legislation passes, LISTO to increase

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... tax... Yet that was the first thing that this Labor government did when it came to office," Hume said. Liberal senator for Western Australia Dean Smith echoed Hume's statement, noting that the government only surrendered to amend the bill due to "external ...

FES Super to no longer supplement returns in default

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... established in 1985, holds about $1.07 billion in assets under management. It oversees the retirement savings of employees of Western Australia's Department of Fire and Emergency Services, including firefighters, administrative staff, and from associated ...

Drummond steps up governance and adviser support

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... and governance across the firm, while leading implementation for partner practices. He joins from Symmetry, a boutique Western Australian-based AFSL, where he oversaw governance, compliance, adviser supervision, advice technology and the end-to-end delivery ...

Global RE investment firm continues Aussie expansion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... announced the joint acquisition of a Perth-based property. The parties will acquire Lot 19 at Perth City Link from the Western Australia state government. The site will be transformed into Western Australia's largest purpose-built student accommodation ...

'Gross breach of trust': Former adviser sentenced to six years imprisonment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
Former financial adviser from Western Australia, Anthony Paul Torre, has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment. Torre's sentencing was backdated to 29 January 2025 in a verdict handed down by the District Court of Western Australia. Torre ...

Pallas Capital launches in the UK

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
Shortly after its Western Australian expansion, Pallas Capital, the Sydney-based private credit firm, has set up shop in the UK, with executive director Ben Keenan returning to London to lead the business. The firm has confirmed the UK business will ...

Forrests' donation crowns WA as most generous state: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
Andrew and Nicola Forrest's gifting of $5 billion worth of Fortescue shares to the Minderoo Foundation has crowned Western Australia the most generous state in the country, a new analysis by KPMG reveals. KPMG modelling of 2023 financial year Australian ...