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Greens, Labor agree on LRBA ban on SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... superannuation funds (SMSFs) from purchasing residential properties with any capital assistance, arguing the sector is currently gating nearly two million properties from first homebuyers. The Greens said it is supporting the amendment to ban SMSFs from ...

Diversa drags Praemium into First Guardian lawsuit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... in the proceedings until that process has been completed, which is expected to be over the next four weeks. ASIC is currently suing Diversa Trustees for its role in the collapse of the First Guardian Master Fund, in which $300 million of member money ...

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... grown 21% over that time. There are only 51 MySuper products in existence versus the number of Choice products at 664. Currently, MySuper accounts have an average balance of $77,000, whereas Choice accumulation members have $142,000. Together with defined ...

Equity Trustees opts out of super trustee business

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... considered the shifting regulatory environment and evolving client needs, including two major superannuation clients currently exploring the option available to them to internalise trusteeship," it said. A further update regarding the future of the super ...

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... subsidiary Powerhouse Venture Partners, will soon transition into a feeder structure for Australian investors. It is currently under an Australian corporate collective investment vehicle (CCIV). "We believe that the current Goldilocks stage for private ...

Soul Patts to pocket $1.89bn from Brickworks divestment

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... markets. "This transaction provides an opportunity for Soul Patts to reallocate capital towards opportunities we are currently seeing a cross domestic and international markets," Barlow said. "We believe greater liquidity and flexibility are an advantage ...

Aware Super reshapes governance team, appoints chief risk officer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
... division with its legal and company secretariate function under a newly created governance structure. Jane Couchman, currently chief risk officer and group executive, sustainability, has been appointed chief risk officer and group executive, governance ...

Imprisoned fraudster's wife banned by ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... showed a disregard for the law and proper management of the eight failed companies for which she was a director which currently owe at least $76 million to some 272 unsecured creditors. In disqualifying Mrs Agrawal, ASIC relied on supplementary reports ...

Industry leaders and rising stars named at MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2026
... Macquarie Asset Management's Victoria Gardiner. Gardiner has been with Macquarie for more than four years and is currently regional wealth marketing lead for Australia and New Zealand. Rising Star of the Year in marketing went to Codey Angeloski ...

Musk's $106bn fundamental-defying IPO lands on Nasdaq

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2026
... US$135 per share. "The valuation being ascribed to SpaceX is, by any conventional measure, extraordinary. There are currently only 13 publicly listed companies worth more than $1 trillion," Ninety One technology analyst Anton du Plooy said. "SpaceX would ...