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Perpetual rejects another EQT AB bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... in Australia and the second Australian investment under the fund. Perpetual operates a multi-boutique asset management business, and wealth management and trustee services businesses. Bain Capital is on track to acquire Perpetual's wealth management ...

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 ...

Count rebrands Oracle to Count Wealth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... further cost synergies over the estimate provided earlier. Oracle Group is a financial advice, investments and accounting business with 14 locations across the east coast of Australia. Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey said the firm is delighted to ...

Brighter Super hires legal chief from crisis-hit Corporate Travel

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... direction and strong culture," Sorrenson said. "I look forward to contributing to the fund's next phase of growth by driving business strategies that deliver positive outcomes for members." Farrar added: "As Queensland's third-largest non-government ...

Next Capital nabs Fujitsu's data centre platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
Australian private equity firm Next Capital is set to acquire the local data centre business of Fujitsu to create a new independent national data centre platform. With a completion date expected later this year, subject to customary conditions and approvals ...

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 ...

NGS Super names head of strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... Callil will spearhead the development and execution of NGS Super's enterprise-wide strategy, including its long-term business planning, retirement income strategy and major growth initiatives, the super fund said. He will also advise the fund's ...

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... teams. Last year, Insignia Financial struck a deal with SS&C to outsource about 1300 staff who worked in its master trust business to the fund administrator as part of its cost-cutting drive. Insignia's staff working in administration, technology ...

FAAA warns adviser levies could exceed $5k as ASIC costs climb

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
Financial advisers could face more than $5000 in combined regulatory levies this financial year, with the Financial Advice Association Australia ( FAAA ) warning rising ASIC and Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) cost are placing unsustainable ...

Eiger Capital co-founder flags retirement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... the flagship Eiger Australian Small Companies Fund together with Rachel Thomson. Eiger Capital said his equity in the business will be redistributed among the remaining members of the investment team, while day-to-day portfolio management will continue ...