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WT Financial bets on scaling advice practices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026
... firm's strategy to help high-quality advice practices scale. For the sale, it will receive $450,000 in cash, 426,800 new TAG shares for $1.63 per share as well as $1.5 million vendor finance provided by it to TAG. WT Financial managing director Keith ...

Esencia seals third merger

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
... for the team at Cove Financial," Edwards said. "We have always put our clients first, and I was looking for a firm that shares that commitment. Esencia Wealth's culture, strong leadership and clear vision for growth makes it the right home for us." The ...

Atlas Arteria chair resigns as IFM offer deadline inches closer

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... Arteria through on-market stock purchases, finally crossing the 50% ownership mark. This week as well, it acquired additional shares in Atlas Arteria, taking its total stake in the firm to 55.2%. However, having additional stake in the firm does not ...

Mercer cuts mandates for Global Listed Property Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... infrastructure, and equity and debt in the private and public sectors. Previously, the managers for the Mercer Australian Shares Fund were Ausbil Investment Management, FIL Investment Management (Australia), Firetrail Investments, Greencape Capital ...

Pendal shutters Global Select Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... demands," Pendal added. Pendal recently scored a mandate from Mercer Investments Australia to help manage the Mercer Australian Shares Fund as part of an overhaul of the fund manager line-up that retained some incumbents and awarded new mandates at the ...

IFM builds Atlas Arteria stake to majority

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... security. This week, IFM increased its stake from 38.3% to 40.7%, before lifting it to 45.6%. It has now acquired further shares today, taking its direct stake in the toll-road operator to 50.1%. This takes IFM's total share in Atlas Arteria to 52.3% ...

Start-ups, small businesses win CGT reform carveouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
... have annual turnover of under $50 million, be in operation for less than 10 years and shareholders must have held their shares for at least five years. The start-ups must also be engaged in "genuine innovative activity." The concession will apply to ...

ASX puts 25% cap on new share issuances during mergers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
The ASX has put a 25% cap on the amount of new shares large listed companies can issue during mergers without first getting shareholder approval. "This gives shareholders a say before significant dilution. Shareholders are also given flexibility to ...

Mercer reviews small caps, Aussie equities mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
... retaining some incumbents and awarding fresh mandates at the same time. Previously, the managers for the Mercer Australian Shares Fund were Ausbil Investment Management, FIL Investment Management (Australia), Firetrail Investments, Greencape Capital ...

Musk's $106bn fundamental-defying IPO lands on Nasdaq

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2026
... biggest-ever stock market debut, valuing Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company at US$1.77 trillion. It floated 555 million shares at a price of US$135 per share. "The valuation being ascribed to SpaceX is, by any conventional measure, extraordinary. ...