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Pengana plots AI-focused LIT launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... contributing to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). It will be managed by Pengana Capital and GCM Grosvenor will act as the investment manager. Pengana and GCM Grosvenor have been co-managing the Pengana Private Equity Trust (ASX: PE1) since ...

Lazard AM launches emerging market fund to retail sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
Lazard Asset Management (LAM) has launched an emerging markets equity fund to retail investors. The Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Advantage Fund, which uses a quantitative solution and systematic investment process, is now available to retail investors. ...

Former Berndale director pleads guilty

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
A former director of collapsed derivatives provider Berndale Capital Securities has pleaded guilty to multiple dishonesty offences, including the misuse of nearly $700,000 in company funds. Stavro D'Amore admitted to three combined charges before ...

Treasury consults to align company minimum tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... Treasury is currently seeking feedback in making several changes in the Taxation (Multinational-Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Act 2024, as it aims to be consistent with the rules from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). ...

Ausbil broadens wholesale sustainable fund access with ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
Ausbil Investment Management has launched a new ETF, which leverages its Active Sustainable Equity Fund which was exclusive to wholesale and advised clients, to expand retail access for sustainable investment solutions. The new ETF (ASX: ASUS) provides ...

Rest names head of private markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
Rest has confirmed Marina Pasika will take on the role permanently. Pasika has been serving in the role in an acting capacity since October 2025, stepping up after Simon Esposito left the fund for a role at buyout firm CVC Capital Partners. At the time ...

M&A is not a 'scattergun' approach: AZ NGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
Since completing its first-ever deal over a decade ago, AZ NGA has completed more than 200 transactions but each of them carries the same purpose to scaling the advice platform, which isn't a "scattergun" approach, AZ NGA group chief executive Paul ...

SMC backs proposal to close family violence super loophole

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
The Super Members Council (SMC) has thrown its support behind proposed legal changes aimed at preventing perpetrators of domestic and family violence from accessing their victim's superannuation. Under existing super law, a family violence perpetrator ...

Australia's economic growth lays far beyond capitals

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
While Australia is often viewed as a collective economy, an expert said each city and state can possess a wide range of different opportunities and characteristics for future growth. Speaking to Financial Standard, Wingate Group co-head of private wealth ...

APRA finalises CPS 230 amendments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has finalised targeted amendments to prudential standard CPS 230 Operational Risk Management. The amendments introduce limited exemptions from specific contractual requirements in CPS 230 for material ...