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Regal profits rise 65%, Pacific Current reports $11.7m loss

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... strong performance and positive net inflows. Shareholders will receive a fully franked dividend of 21 cents per share. Regal chief executive Brendan O'Connor said while 2025 started off with some challenges, he was pleased with the end result. "Regal's ...

Sequoia weighs InterPrac's fate, launches review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... platforms, Sequoia Financial Group is now reviewing the viability of InterPrac Financial Planning. Sequoia managing director and chief executive Garry Crole told investors overnight the "negative media attention" surrounding InterPrac has created operating ...

Zurich Financial Services to acquire ClearView

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... wealth management and financial advice. ClearView shareholders will vote on the offer in mid-August. Justin Delaney, the chief executive of Zurich Australia and New Zealand, said: "The proposed transaction brings together Zurich's strong capital ...

A comfortable retirement now costs more than ever

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... has not kept pace with this rise. This means retirees need higher super savings to maintain a comfortable lifestyle," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. "Costs in the categories that retirees tend to spend most on have risen faster than general ...

Centrepoint Alliance, Count see strong earnings growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... fully franked dividend of two cents per share, up 14% compared to FY25 interim dividends, Count said. Commenting, Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey said the demand for advice and strategy to scale its wealth management business was key to the performance. ...

VFMC names chief finance, risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
A long serving Bennelong Funds Management executive is taking on the role. Jeff Phillips has been named as chief finance and risk officer at Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), stepping into the role next month. Phillips is currently chief ...

UniSuper faces fresh greenwashing allegation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... to raise the issue with UniSuper from a governance perspective. In an investment performance update last week, UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce pointed out that both Microsoft and Nvidia are down so far in 2026; the total return on Microsoft ...

Blue Owl sells US$1.4bn assets to pension funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... a wrapper or vehicle for investors to access ownership in a diversified pool of private credit assets. Craig Packer, the chief executive of Blue Owl's BDCs, told CNBC that Blue Owl offered no incentives for the buyers to pay par. "They paid 99.7. ...

Trump hit by Supreme Court's 'body blow', strikes back with 15% global tariff

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... Congressional members to find their backbone in the same way that a majority of Supreme Court judges have done," Betashares chief economist David Bassanese said. Under the Supreme Court ruling, tariffs imposed for fentanyl trafficking and reciprocal ...

LGT Wealth Management names head of family advisory

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... serves as an independent adviser to several family-owned businesses and not-for-profit organisations. LGT Wealth Management chief executive Michael Chisholm said her appointment will ensure the firm is focused on what matters most to clients, as intergenerational ...