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Government to fast track low-risk foreign investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
The government is further strengthening Australia's foreign investment framework in a bid to unlock more investment and subject higher risk proposals to more rigorous scrutiny. This builds on the first tranche of reforms introduced in 2024. The changes ...

Pinnacle, National Pension Service of Korea up stake in Metrics

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... purchase a further 6.37% in Metrics. This will take its total ownership to 9.9%, should it be approved by the Foreign Investment Review Board. Former Metrics managing partner Graham McNamara, who officially retired on March 31, sold his shares via HRM ...

Insignia Financial delists from ASX

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... after making a single offer in February of the same year. APRA greenlit the takeover in March 2026 and the Foreign Investment Review Board granted its approval in early April.

Pacific Equity Partners makes unsolicited bid for oOh!media

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... recommendation by the oOh!media board, an approval by PEP's investment committee along with an approval by the Foreign Investment Review Board and Overseas Investment Office. PEP said it is open to adjusting the terms of the proposal to take into account ...

Insignia Financial shareholders approve takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... after making a single offer in February of the same year. APRA greenlit the takeover in March 2026 and the Foreign Investment Review Board granted its approval last week.

APRA greenlights Insignia Financial takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... Daintree Bidco to hold a controlling stake in Insignia Trustees. The acquisition still needs to be approved by the Foreign Investment Review Board, Insignia Financial shareholders, and the court. It was already approved by ASIC, the ASX and the Australian ...

Chalmers says Budget will make 'hard decisions'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... over the medium-term horizon. "We're overhauling our approvals regimes, strengthening and streamlining our foreign investment regime and opened our Investor Front Door," Chalmers said. "We're reforming the payments system, abolishing tariffs, cutting ...

Chalmers globetrots to sell minerals for foreign investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... his international counterparts as he seeks to sell more of Australia's critical minerals in exchange for more foreign investment hitting Australian shores. "This is all about making Australian workers and businesses big beneficiaries of the big shifts ...

Apex to acquire Mercer's super admin business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... continuity for clients. The transaction, subject to Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) and Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval, is expected to complete around the end of the first quarter of 2026. "Australia offers strong ...

Why a single insto client is a massive business risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... managers." Despite the fiercely competitive landscape, the collapse of some fund managers has not deterred foreign investment management firms planting a foothold in Australia in the last 12 months, hoping to manage a piece of the $4.5 trillion superannuation ...
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