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LGT Wealth Management names head of family advisory

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
LGT Wealth Management has appointed Kaajal Prasad as the new head of family advisory, strengthening its family governance and wealth transfer services for Australian high-net-worth clients. Prasad joins the wealth management firm from KPMG, where she ...

Challenger results a 'headline miss'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
Challenger reported a statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) of $339 million, a massive 369% increase, in the first half of 2026. Normalised NPAT came increased 2% to $229 million and assets under management increased 3% to $128 billion. Despite the ...

Frontier hires senior consultant from JANA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... manager in general accounting and insurance advisory in the Cape Town and Melbourne offices. His move to Frontier breaks new ground. It is the first time in both firms' thirty-year-plus histories that a consultant has moved between the two firms ...

Madigan Capital chair retires, transfers shares to co-owner

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... culture and highly qualified team, and I am immensely proud of what we have achieved together. "Building a firm from the ground-up in an emerging sector, like Australian real estate debt, requires your 'all'. Now that Madigan is on a firm foundation ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... Evans said: "The equity-bond allocation divergence continues apace." "The USD remained on the back foot and lost further ground over the month despite less extensive USD selling towards January month-end." "The narrative around USD diversification persists. ...

IFM Investors hires global investment research lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... superannuation funds and a number of sovereign funds in Asia and the Middle East to help design their approach from the ground up." Commenting, Misra said the role is expected to supercharge the way the group uses data to inform investments and products. ...

Global RE investment firm continues Aussie expansion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... development will deliver 1146 beds across more than 37,000 square meters of gross floor area in student accommodation and ground-floor retail offerings. "Perth City Link is one of Western Australia's most transformative urban redevelopment projects ...

BPS Financial fined $14m over Qoin Wallet

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
The Federal Court has handed BPS Financial $14 million in pecuniary penalties over the way in which it promoted and operated its crypto product Qoin Wallet. According to ASIC, BPS Financial advertised the product as a non-cash payment facility linked ...

Former UGC adviser's appeal against ASIC ban accepted

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
A former United Global Capital (UGC) financial adviser has had his banning order shrunk by half after a successful appeal to the Administrative Review Tribunal. Milutin Petrovic was banned from providing financial services or performing any function ...

Federated Hermes expands Asia presence

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... firm said. Commenting, head of distribution for Asia Pacific Jim Roland said the office will enhance the firm's on-the-ground client coverage and support its long-term regional growth strategy across both wealth and institutional channels. "Asia ...