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ASIC hits Fidante private credit fund with interim stop order

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
... poor practices and protect investors from potential harm," she said. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently approved the merger of Fidante and Channel Capital. Challenger subsidiary Challenger Funds Management Holdings (CFMH) ...

MUFG's acquisition of GROW approved

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
... competition watchdog has given MUFG's takeover of GROW Inc the green light, while tearing down the latter in its determination. The ACCC said the takeover would be unlikely to have the effect of substantially lessening competition, saying the business ...

HMC Capital adds to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2026
... Energy Transition Platform. The partnership received a good to go by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in June. The commitment will last seven years and is expected to generate a 14% annual return. It will be split via a preferred ...

ACCC green lights I Squared takeover of oOh!media

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
The competition commission of Australia has given the go-ahead for I Squared Capital to acquire ASX-listed oOh!media. The transaction still requires regulatory approvals from the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and the NZ Overseas ...

Magellan shuts down Vinva global equity retail funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
... and Magellan Global Fund Hedged investment strategy. In the same month, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) also greenlit the merger between Magellan Financial Group (MFG) and Barrenjoey Capital Partners, in a deal with an implied ...

Five V taps Barrenjoey finance lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... Barrenjoey's merger with Magellan Financial Group that was greenlit by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in June. The deal, which has an implied valuation of $1.6 billion, was finalised in the following month after Magellan ...

ASIC, APRA urge finance sector to demonstrate AI threat response

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... discussions, supported by the Australian Signals Directorate and involving the Reserve Bank of Australia, Treasury and the ACCC, found frontier AI is accelerating existing cyber, technology and operational risks while creating new risks from increasingly ...

Zurich completes ClearView takeover

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
... August 12. The transaction brings ClearView under Zurich's ownership after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) cleared the proposed acquisition in May, finding it was unlikely to substantially lessen competition in any relevant ...

Super Consumers appoints former regulator as chair

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) has appointed former deputy chair of ASIC and ACCC as its board chair. Peter Kell brings decades of experience in consumer protection, financial services regulation and public policy to SCA and has previously served as ...

Count rebrands Oracle to Count Wealth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... Count's strategy to building Australia's leading integrated wealth accounting platform," Humphrey said. "With the ACCC notification waiver received, increased synergies identified, an enhanced debt funding facility in place and integration well ...
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