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KPMG finds new chief executive

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
The embattled consulting firm has named a new chief executive, choosing to promote from within after former chief executive Andrew Yates stepped down in June in the wake of the whistleblower scandal. KPMG named chief financial officer John Sams as its ...

Corporate hybrid issuance surges: Report

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Corporate hybrids are re-emerging as a significant segment of the Australian dollar credit market, with QIC saying the asset class is benefiting from regulatory reforms, growing investor demand and changing rating treatment. In a new research paper ...

ASX to rejig corporate governance framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
The ASX is looking to modernise eight core corporate governance principles, which include rejigging executive remuneration and board composition, to make them fit-for-purpose in the current environment in which ASX-listed entities operate in. The bourse ...

ASIC boasts $830m record civil penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
ASIC has scored a whopping $830 million in civil penalty orders in the last financial year alone, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed. The FOI obtained by Lambros Photios, the founder of technology services and artificial intelligence (AI) ...

New 'high-risk' derivatives on the rise

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
An innovative financial product, known as perpetual futures contract (perps), are currently under the scope of the market regulator, spreading concerns that the "speculative" product may be unlawfully distributed towards retail investors. According ...

FSCP bans adviser over client advice failures

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... which considers adviser conduct matters referred by ASIC has the power to impose registration sanctions under the Corporations Act. Its decision has been published on ASIC's FSCP Outcomes Register.

Count rebrands Oracle to Count Wealth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
Count Financial has rebranded Oracle Group as a new retail brand Count Wealth, after announcing the acquisition earlier in the year. The financial advisory firm also expects further cost synergies over the estimate provided earlier. Oracle Group is ...

Prime Value licence suspended over reporting failures

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Prime Value Asset Management after the fund manager failure to meet its statutory audit and financial reporting obligations for two consecutive financial years. The corporate regulator ...

Aussies ditch 'Great Australian Dream,' pursue 'Great Australian Lifestyle'

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
The "Great Australian Dream" has been superseded by the pursuit of the "Great Australian Lifestyle" as a new measure of success underscored by financial security, a new survey finds. MLC's new Real Retirement Report, compiled alongside McCrindle Research ...

Treasury expects regulators to do the heavy lifting

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
Treasury has released new Statements of Expectations (SoE) for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), with an emphasis on how the regulators should promote a more sustainable ...