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Pacific Current eyes return to active management

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
Pacific Current is mulling a return to active management, two years after it stepped back from active investing and externalised management of its portfolio. The move follows a year of asset sales that left the firm debt-free and holding $158 million ...

Macquarie board rejects KPMG as auditor

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
Macquarie's board has rejected KPMG as its auditor starting 2027 and will instead proceed with incumbent auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). This comes after Macquarie chair Glenn Stevens was grilled at the August 14 parliamentary hearing over the ...

Vanguard adds floating rate ETF, managed fund to product suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
Vanguard has launched an Australian floating rate bond index strategy, available through both an ETF and a managed fund format. The Vanguard Australian Floating Rate Bond Index ETF (ASX: VFLT) has been listed on the ASX, and became the firm's first ...

AFCA moves to reinstate APT Strategy, opens doors for victims

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... have concerns about financial advice provided by the firm can bring their complaints to AFCA whilst the membership is current," AFCA lead ombudsman for investments and advice Shail Singh said. "We recognise the impact these circumstances have had on ...

Bathla collapse rattles private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2026
... portfolio. The trust has no corporate loans or related party loans." Bathla managing director Bhart Bhushan described the current market environment as the "perfect storm" of circumstance, including a significant softening in sales, impacts from the ...

Future Fund chief steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2026
... private sector. Arndt has been the longest serving chief executive in the 20-year history of the Future Fund. Prior to his current role Arndt was chief investment officer for six years. Arndt will continue in his role as chief executive through to the ...

Super business drives net inflows for Australian Ethical

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2026
Australian Ethical's superannuation offering brought in $527 million of organic inflows in the last financial year despite being hit with additional licence conditions from APRA that it is currently working through. The influx of increasing superannuation ...

Philip King stages transition to retirement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026
... stands at $21.4 billion. "As part of this staged succession process, there will be no immediate change to Mr King's current portfolio management responsibilities, or to the existing portfolio management responsibilities across Regal's broader ...

HESTA reduces fees, minimum balance for income stream

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026
... $65 p.a., while the asset-based fee will be cut from 0.23% to 0.18% per annum. The $108 billion fund will also cut the current $10,000 minimum balance requirement for starting a HESTA income stream for better accessibility, with only a 'residual balance' ...

First Guardian victims advance in case against InterPrac

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
Two victims of the First Guardian Master Fund linked to InterPrac Financial Planning, who collectively lost $465,000, have won a small victory in the Federal Court. Justice Beach on August 13 ordered InterPrac to pay the sums, which were calculated ...