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KKR to pocket $24bn from USI sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
... annual growth rates of approximately 12% and 13%, respectively, over the course of its ownership. Notably, Aon is expected to fund the transaction with new debt raised across "a range of" maturities, noting the close of the transaction is subject to ...

Australian Unity to wind down Platypus AM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
Australian Unity will wind down Platypus Asset Management, its wholly owned Australian equities fund manager, following a strategic review of the business. Australian Unity chief executive, wealth and capital markets, Balaji Gopal said the business ...

Equity Trustees super exit sparks Hejaz Islamic Super and Pension closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... underlying investments have been redeemed and members' benefit entitlements have been paid or transferred to another fund as nominated by each member. Hejaz Islamic Super and Pension are a division of AMG Super or what is now known as Acclaim Super. ...

Kaplan winds up pooled super trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... three-year period. The PST terminated on June 15. It ceased accepting new applications and redemptions from March 31. The fund was incepted on 5 February 1999 and has returned 8.14% p.a. after fees and taxes from that time, underperforming the index ...

Sequoia revokes dividends, chief financial officer exits

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... $124.1 million in the previous year. Sequoia said the business was directly affected by the First Guardian and Shield Master Fund failures, attributing the decline largely to the reduction in adviser numbers from 294 in July 2025 to 110 June 2026. The ...

Acclaim Wealth names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... FY27," the firm said. "In the meantime, ETSL remains the trustee of Acclaim, and there is no change to the service of the fund, or its members."

FEATURE | Managed accounts | Industrialising advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... Consider a situation where a financial adviser believes an investment is no longer suitable for their clients. Perhaps a fund manager is underperforming or a stock held directly by clients needs to be sold. In the past, advisers would often have to wait ...

I Squared Capital forays into Aussie private wealth space

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... Capital is expanding its global private wealth business into Australia with the launch of the evergreen ISQ OpenInfra AUT Fund. The global infrastructure investment manager with $85 billion in assets under management has also appointed Linda Stangherlin ...

MUFG to acquire GROW Inc

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
MUFG Pension & Market Services (MPMS), a member of MUFG, a global financial group, announced it has entered into a binding scheme implementation deed to acquire GROW Technology Services (GROW Inc). The acquisition is subject to conditions, including ...

APRA hits 12 super options with failed grade

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... failed investment products nearly doubled in the 2026 APRA superannuation performance test, with BUSSQ being the only industry fund to make the list dominated by retail funds. One MySuper product and 11 trustee-directed products (TDPs) failed out of ...