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Australian United Investment merges with Diversified United Investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
... investment company which invests in Australian and international equities. Under the scheme, AUI would acquire 100% of the shares of DUI in exchange for the issue of AUI shares to DUI shareholders. "This proposal arises from discussions that have been ...

Blackwattle launches fund, mandates Equity Trustees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... launch of the Blackwattle Equity Income Fund and to continue working with a well-established Australian fund manager that shares our commitment to strong governance, risk management and positive investor outcomes," Godfrey said. "We look forward to continuing ...

Superhero Super shutters lifestage options

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... investment option is changing, the underlying way your money is invested, specifically the target mix of growth assets (like shares) and defensive assets (like cash), remains consistent. This means your standard risk measure and expected investment outcomes ...

Rodney Forrest handed prison sentence for $3m insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... years' imprisonment for insider trading and procuring others to trade in more than $3 million of Platinum Asset Management shares. In August 2024, Forrest secretly accessed the computer of the chair of Regal Partners without permission and photographed ...

EQT to acquire Coller Capital to form new secondaries platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... on May 12, it will be conditional upon EQT's shareholders authorising the board of EQT to issue the Base Consideration Shares. The base consideration of US$3.2 billion ($4.7bn) is to be funded through newly issued EQT ordinary shares, with up to US$500 ...

CFS, Stockspot deliver double-digit returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... conditions. "Our performance was built on investments across a number of asset classes. It was a strong year for global shares, particularly those hedged against currency risks. Australian small companies also performed particularly well," Armitage said. ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... potentially cheaper products that they can get elsewhere in the world," he told a recent ETFGI conference. David Tuckwell, ETF Shares chief investment officer, told Financial Standard that large superannuation funds typically do not need to go to an ...

ASIC returns $40m of CFD losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... sector following a whole of industry review. CFDs allow investors to speculate on the price movements of assets such as shares, currencies or commodities, without owning them. Between October 2024 and December 2025, ASIC reviewed 52 licensed CFD issuers ...

Mercer Investments axes managers, awards fresh mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
Mercer Investments culled several fund managers overseeing its international shares strategies following a strategic review that included retaining Schroder Investment Management and awarding mandates to two new fund managers. The restructure affects ...

Forrests' donation crowns WA as most generous state: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
Andrew and Nicola Forrest's gifting of $5 billion worth of Fortescue shares to the Minderoo Foundation has crowned Western Australia the most generous state in the country, a new analysis by KPMG reveals. KPMG modelling of 2023 financial year Australian ...