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The corporate regulator has warned it is flying blind with inadequate powers to oversee Australia’s growing and opaque $150bn in private market assets, putting investor protection at risk. 

Meanwhile, a top executive hired by Sanjeev Gupta has quit and another director, originally headhunted to lead the turnaround of Whyalla, has stepped down from several board positions as the British tycoon fights to keep his empire alive.

And Atlassian founder Mike Cannon-Brookes has won a court fight against his once-trusted family office executive Kevin Chiu, who has been ordered to hand over personal devices and not destroy any confidential information, after he allegedly leaked sensitive files to the billionaire's estranged wife Annie and another former executive.

The markets


Making news this morning
1
Nine flags cuts amid advertising downturn
Nine’s interim chief executive officer has confirmed an internal restructure would involve job cuts across the media business, as his future remains undecided.
2
Waldorf Astoria Sydney to set room rate records
The Forrest family’s hotel could have the country’s highest room rates when it opens next year, with guests expected to dig deep to stay at the top suites.
3
Platinum co-CIOs out under new firm structure
Andrew Clifford and Clay Smolinski will step down as co-CIOs of Platinum Asset Management and be replaced by an investment oversight group.
Editor's picks
ENERGY
New survey shows overwhelming support for renewables
Despite finding massive support for renewables, a new Clean Energy Council report indicated energy is low down on voters’ priority lists.
By COLIN PACKHAM
TARIFF EFFECTS
Sims ‘well-placed’ to benefit from Trump tariffs: CEO
Sims CEO Stephen Mikkelsen expects Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium to aid the listed metals recycler.
By GIUSEPPE TAURIELLO
MARGIN CALL
Labor minister’s partner snags funding victory
Oh, what a coincidence. A senator’s significant other (who contributed to the government’s IR reviews) has a new partner: the Albanese government.
By YONI BASHAN, NICK EVANS
Commentary
Why ASIC wants to shine a light on the dark markets
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Associate Editor
Some of the fastest-growing parts of capital markets have largely functioned unseen. Regulators don’t want to be caught short when the next crisis inevitably hits.
DataRoom
Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure on acquisition hunt
The coal port operator says it is identifying opportunities for diversification through acquisitions.
Parties sign up bankers for Healthscope bids
Parties are getting serious about a Healthscope takeover attempt, with investment bankers now being signed up such as Macquarie Capital being tapped by HMC Capital.
GLNG in pole position for gas plant
Gladstone LNG is seen as the frontrunner to buy the Meridian gas plant in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, which could go for more than $600m.

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