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IFM targets growth opportunities with new global office

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
IFM Investors has opened its first office in Singapore to capture growth opportunities in a region "under allocated" by institutional investors. The organisation said the Singaporean presence reinforces its long-term commitment to the region and positions ...

CEDA warns migration cuts will have economic spillover

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
... migration" globally and found while destination economies, mostly advanced, would see significant declines in output per capita, origin economies would have modest gains as retained labour is diluted across larger domestic populations.

KKR to pocket $24bn from USI sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
KKR, alongside other co-investors, have agreed to sell USI Insurance Services to Aon for $24 billion (US$17bn). USI is an insurance brokerage and consulting business across risk, employee benefits and retirement solutions, and boast more than 10,500 ...

AUDC supports startup to launch tokenised private credit offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Australian stablecoin issuer AUDC has selected a local fintech company to integrate its Australian domiciled stablecoin for a tokenised private credit offering via its grant program. Kasu is a real-world-asset private credit platform that connects loan ...

FEATURE | Group insurance | Dusk to dawn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Australia is in the grips of an unprecedented mental health crisis. It joins a league of other, what anthropologist Joseph Henrich coins as "Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic" or "WEIRD" countries, grappling with the perfect storm ...

Sequoia gives InterPrac sale a second shot

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
Sequoia Financial Group said it has appointed an independent advisor to undertake a sale process of InterPrac Financial Planning. Sequoia did not name which company it has been engaging with for the potential sale. "This process is at an early stage ...

FAAA welcomes 'widow's tax' changes in CGT, negative gearing reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2026
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) says it welcomes the legislative changes aimed at addressing the so-called "widow's tax," noting the amendments will protect grieving families and individuals navigating relationship breakdowns from ...

First Guardian victims advance in case against InterPrac

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
Two victims of the First Guardian Master Fund linked to InterPrac Financial Planning, who collectively lost $465,000, have won a small victory in the Federal Court. Justice Beach on August 13 ordered InterPrac to pay the sums, which were calculated ...

Qualitas seizes on private credit shift to Europe

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
Qualitas is firmly positioning itself in the UK with a major acquisition as it bets on institutional investors' shifting appetite for private credit opportunities away from the US to Europe and APAC. The alternative real estate investment manager ...

Treasury consults on foreign investment framework reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
Treasury has opened a consultation to review existing conditions required for foreign investment approvals in Australia. It said while these conditions play an important role in protecting Australia's national interest, it is important to ensure they ...
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