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Perpetual rejects another EQT AB bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... services businesses. Bain Capital is on track to acquire Perpetual's wealth management business for $550 million, in a deal expected to finalise before the end of the year. Should the transaction eventuate, former Perpetual chief executive Geoff ...

New alternative investment firm lands in Sydney

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
A pair of Remara directors, along with an iPartners private credit specialist, have joined forces to launch a new alternative investment firm, targeting an underserved segment across the private credit market. Timothy Wilson, Blake Velkovski and Haim ...

Next Capital nabs Fujitsu's data centre platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... independent platform. Next Capital said a new name and identity will be introduced for the platform in due course, as the deal follows the divestment of iseek, a leasehold data centre business, which has grown its portfolio from three to five data centres ...

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... has slashed 170 Australian roles in the operations, technology and delivery teams. Last year, Insignia Financial struck a deal with SS&C to outsource about 1300 staff who worked in its master trust business to the fund administrator as part of its cost-cutting ...

Former T. Rowe Price distribution head finds new role

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
After a four-month hiatus, the sales director is now calling Evidentia Private, the private wealth arm of Evidentia Group, home. Former T. Rowe Price head of intermediary sales for Australia Jonathon Ross has joined Evidentia Private as principal, private ...

Special Feature: Rewarding patient capital

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... attention. The change comes after a tough period for the asset class. Higher borrowing costs, longer fundraising cycles and weaker deal activity have challenged many of the assumptions that drove private equity's success during the low-interest-rate ...

Super funds fail customer service test: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
Superannuation funds are apathetic, dismissive and continue to fail members at the most basic service level, a new investigation from Super Consumers Australia (SCA) reveals, which slapped the industry with an overall failing grade on customer satisfaction. ...

Advice veteran's exit creates $1bn Tassie wealth group

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026
... adviser and business owner on June 30. MFG has been acquired by Wealth Financial, also based in North-West Tasmania, in a deal that brings together two longstanding local practices with aligned philosophies and client-first values. The merged business ...

Perpetual rejects $2.5bn takeover offer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026
... chief investment officer Cameron Curko said EQT may come back with a revised offer. "EQT will have some scope to sweeten the deal further but will also draw a hardline on where value is reasonable. The reality with how the business has been managed ...

Centrepoint completes $3m client book acquisition

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026
... comprehensive financial planning services while generating reoccurring revenue through ongoing client relationships. The deal marks the next phase of Centrepoint's partnership with Astute, following the completion of the lending solutions transaction ...
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