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legalsuper appoints HESTA executive as CEO, names new CIO

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... performance record made the role particularly appealing. "I've appreciated legalsuper's firm commitment to excelling as Australia's only fund specialising in the legal sector," he said. "In addition to demonstrably strong investment performance and member ...

ASIC boasts $830m record civil penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... million for systemic failures to report investigations into significant member services issues to ASIC and HSBC Bank Australia admitting to serious failures in protecting customers from scams that cost it $35 million. The Federal Court also recently ...

Infinity AM wins SMID fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
Viridian Financial Group's Infinity Asset Management won a mandate to oversee a small to mid-capitalisation fund that was previously under the remit of Renaissance Asset Management. Ironbark Asset Management appointed Infinity to manage the Ironbark ...

Perpetual rejects another EQT AB bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... Perpetual at $2.55 billion. EQT AB has some US$333 billion in assets under management and has a significant presence in Australia. Last year, EQT's BPEA Mid-Market Growth Partnership fund took a major stake in property technology firm PropertyMe. ...

New alternative investment firm lands in Sydney

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
A pair of Remara directors, along with an iPartners private credit specialist, have joined forces to launch a new alternative investment firm, targeting an underserved segment across the private credit market. Timothy Wilson, Blake Velkovski and Haim ...

New 'high-risk' derivatives on the rise

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... order by incorporating any updates required to capture new and emerging high-risk products. Earlier this month, OKX Australia launched the USDT-settled Equity Perpetual Contracts, noting the product is exclusively available to wholesale investors. "Equity ...

Count rebrands Oracle to Count Wealth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... 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 announce Count Wealth as the fresh, new retail brand ...

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 ...

Next Capital nabs Fujitsu's data centre platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... sovereign AI, high-performance computing and quantum computing. This strengthens our ability to support customers in Australia through their next phase of growth and transformation." The business will be debt-free after completion, backed by institutional ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Australian Fiduciaries

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Queensland-based Australian Fiduciaries, which is currently in liquidation. This follows Australian Fiduciaries' inability to pay the amount determined by the Australian Financial ...