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Aussie Olympian's brother sentenced over crypto scam

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... has been sentenced 12 months' imprisonment for his role in a global cryptocurrency scam. Earlier in the year, former finance director Brendan Gunn pleaded guilty to dealing with more than $180,000 when it was "reasonable to suspect those funds were ...

Former chief financial officer at Rest returns in new role

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... leadership team, reporting to chief executive Vickie Doyle. The newly created role will see Singh-Pangly overseeing strategy, finance, tax, valuations and investment operations, legal and company secretariat, public policy and advocacy, and strategy ...

Crole exits Sequoia effective immediately

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... the team every success." Alex Fabbri is now the interim chief executive, having previously served as head of corporate finance. Sequoia has begun a search to find a permanent replacement for Crole. Fabbri joined Sequoia in 2019. The board said it "believes ...

Middle East conflict, inflation continues to weigh on confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
Although consumer confidence has increased slightly according to ANZ's index, weaker personal finance and the economic outlook continue to halt confidence. The ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence index rose just 0.3 points to 75.6 in the week ...

HSBC appoints structured finance chief

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
HSBC Australia and New Zealand have appointed a former Deutsche Bank executive as head of structured finance. Preethi Visweswara will take on the role tasked with bolstering its corporate and institutional banking business following a record year of ...

New 'high-risk' derivatives on the rise

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... concerns that the "speculative" product may be unlawfully distributed towards retail investors. According to the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC), perps are leveraged derivatives with no fixed expiry date, and unlike traditional futures ...

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The "Great Australian Dream" has been superseded by the pursuit of the "Great Australian Lifestyle" as a new measure of success underscored by financial security, a new survey finds.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
... priorities and efforts are calibrated accordingly. It will also promote innovation and competition, especially in digital finance and emerging digital technologies, while the use of artificial intelligence (AI) will be monitored. Additionally, ASIC will ...

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... moved to SS&C in July 2025. While SS&C began the major restructure to integrate the workforces of the two businesses, Finance Sector Union (FSU) had secured a 12-month firing freeze of the roles. FSU said, however, as soon as the moratorium on the job ...

Australian Ethical adds $1bn to FUM in three months

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2026
... Ethical said. Meanwhile, the launch of Australian Ethical Growth Opportunities Fund in March, alongside the Clean Energy Finance Corporation's (CEFC) $125 million investment have provided "a degree of resilience" against the anticipated higher-than-usual ...