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FinCap beefs up treasury capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
FinCap has welcomed a new member to help scale the firm's private markets managed accounts offering. Akbar Shah has joined the firm as head of treasury and operations, overseeing its cash management, liquidity, funding and special purpose vehicle structures ...

Former Berndale director jailed for $700k in misused funds

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
Former Berndale Capital Securities director Stavro D'Amore has been sentenced to almost four years' imprisonment after admitting to dishonestly misusing nearly $700,000 of company funds and authorising false statements to ASIC. The Federal Court sentence ...

Spaceship Super ups fees on private credit exposure

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
... the expected improvement in risk-adjusted returns and downside protection they provide." In the GrowthX option, the super fund is slightly reducing exposure in Australian and international equities, while raising exposure to listed and unlisted property ...

smartMonday tweaks fees, MySuper structure

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
The super fund is transforming its MySuper LifeCycle structure by shrinking nine options into four distinct categories, while making changes to its investment and administration fees. From 14 August 2026, smartMonday's MySuper investment option ...

SMC questions SCA's 'mystery caller' report

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
... identity verification completed, or account specific information discussed, SCA noted in the report. "Testers were not actually fund members, which means the calls did not progress beyond the member verification process - a critical first step for super ...

BlackRock urgers broader diversification

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
BlackRock is urging financial advisers to move beyond traditional approaches to diversification, arguing heightened geopolitical uncertainty, artificial intelligence (AI) and structural economic shifts require more dynamic portfolio construction. Speaking ...

Treasury rolls out negative gearing, CGT Tranche 2 consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
... also up for discussion. Further consultation will be undertaken to examine options that could reduce compliance costs for fund managers. The reforms also address taxpayers who were Australian residents for only part of the period they held an asset and ...

Advisers should rethink portfolio construction: La Trobe

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
La Trobe Financial has urged advisers to broaden portfolio construction beyond traditional equity and bond allocations, arguing that slowing productivity, persistent inflation risks and changing market dynamics require greater focus on real assets and ...

Sequoia caves into InterPrac sale undertaking, ASIC withdraws proceedings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
... would have seen the Sequoia group of entities divest itself of liabilities stemming from the Shield and First Guardian master fund collapses. In the ASX announcement, Sequoia said the Federal Court "approved an undertaking from InterPrac and Sequoia ...

Warburg Pincus private equity strategy launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
... available to Australian wholesale investors. Newly launched Continental Funds Group has brought the Warburg Pincus Access Fund (WP ACE) to the local market, with the help of Channel Investment Management as the responsible entity. Apex Fund Services ...