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Australian Unity executive to retire

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2026
A long-serving Australian Unity executive, who has been instrumental in developing of a $2.8 billion trust, is bidding farewell to the organisation after 25 years, as he prepares for retirement. Australian Unity general manager, property Chris Smith ...

Challenger open to TAL takeover at a better price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2026
Challenger will continue to engage with TAL Daiichi Life to get a better offer price, after it rejected the takeover bid earlier this week, stating the offer falls short of a level it could recommend to shareholders. TAL is Challenger's largest ...

FEATURE | Custody | Worlds collide

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2026
... sooner than expected. In a momentous move, Nasdaq will enable a 23-hour trading day, five days a week on December 26 in a bid to "meet rising demand for US equities across the globe" as well as "broaden investor access, expand wealth-building opportunities ...

Regulating for culture

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
... reported to the Dexus audit committee, Negus answered: "No." "My guess is he probably did say, without knowing what even the bid price was, 'your price should be lower'. It was a very natural reaction for him. At worst it was inappropriate that they ...

ASIC stalls Sequoia bid to ditch cross guarantee deed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
ASIC is again putting up roadblocks to Sequoia Financial Group's attempt to revoke the deed of cross guarantee with InterPrac Financial Planning, asking more questions and requesting more information before the group rids itself of all liabilities arising ...

TAL launches takeover bid for Challenger

ELIZA BAVIN, VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
TAL Daiichi Life Australia, the Australian subsidiary of Japan's Daiichi Life Group, said it has submitted a non-binding indicative proposal to the board of Challenger with a takeover offer. The offer is for TAL to acquire the remaining 79.5% of ordinary ...

Pacific Equity Partners acquires FleetPartners

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) will acquire ASX-listed FleetPartners for around $1 billion, after a bidding war with Japan-based Orix and Sumitomo Corporation. Under the deal, SG Fleet Management - a mobility solutions provider owned and controlled by ...

Bravura adds to C-suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
Bravura Solutions is continuing its hiring spree, adding a new member to the C-suite after appointing two Asia Pacific directors in September. Emma McLintic has joined the business as chief people officer, based in its London office. She brings more ...

Perpetual names insto relationship, funds services lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
... make across our managed fund Services business." Perpetual recently folded Swedish giant EQT's best and final takeover bid after the board deemed the offer "undervalues" the company and is not in the best interests of its shareholders. Additionally ...

Selfwealth expands into full-fledged wealth platform

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2026
Trading platform Selfwealth is launching three managed portfolios, expanding from online brokerage into a wealth platform. The three portfolios will be available to a small group of early access users today, with a broader rollout in the coming weeks. ...
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