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Padua expands advice portal with AUSIEX partnership

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2026
Padua Solutions has expanded its Padua Advice Portal, naming AUSIEX as its exclusive broking partner as the advice technology provider looks to streamline advice generation, implementation and compliance for financial advisers. The partnership integrates ...

VanEck targets tech thematics with trifecta launch

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
VanEck is bringing three ETFs to life for local investors to access thematic investments across several emerging technology sectors, including what it says is "Australia's first dedicated quantum computing ETF." The ETFs, flagged by Financial Standard ...

EQT AB lifts Perpetual bid to $22.50 a share

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
EQT AB has again upped its takeover bid for Perpetual, raising the offer price to $22.50. The private equity firm put in a revised offer price yesterday, which represents a 2% increase on the previous $22.07-per-share proposal announced in mid-July ...

LRBA ban raises questions as new details emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
New data indicates the impact of the limited resources borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) ban for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) may have been underestimated, which will affect a market significantly larger than what officials suggested, with major implications ...

IFM acquires shopping centre portfolio for $300m

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
IFM Investors has acquired a shopping centre portfolio to be developed and built by Australian-owned developer-builder Oreana with a value of approximately $300 million, as it seeks to harness a surge in convenience-based shopping. The portfolio of ...

Apostle taps former Platinum AM chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
Apostle Funds Management has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of managing director Mitchell Gunman earlier this year. Jeff Peters, the former chief executive of Platinum Asset Management, will join the firm on August 20, as Apostle ...

Special Feature: Beyond safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
Bigger funds demand bigger capabilities. As Australia's super sector moves towards the trillion-dollar era, custodians are stepping out of the shadows and into a more strategic role, with data stewardship, private markets expertise and AI capability ...

AMP appoints employer partnership lead

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
AMP has created a new executive role overseeing its employer and adviser partnerships as it seeks to deepen engagement with two of the key channels shaping Australians' retirement outcomes. The wealth manager has appointed Richard Millington as ...

Jobs data surprises on the upside, rate hike on the cards

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
Employment jumped by a substantial 76,300 jobs in June, above the market consensus of 15,000 jobs creation, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The unemployment rate remained ready at 4.4%. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham questioned ...

Advisers lean on AQF7 to meet education standards: Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
A new report indicates that Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) 7 qualifications are the most common forms of qualification among financial advisers, held by 85% of the population. Taking into account the new professional standards reforms, which ...