PROFESSION • Malavika Santhebennur

The Women in Finance Summit is returning in November 2026 with a refreshed focus on deliberate, high-value networking and practical career growth strategies.

PROFESSION • Miranda Brownlee

The government has said it will hold off on adopting any recommendations from the insolvency inquiry until it has completed its inquiry into business dynamism.

PROFESSION • Carlos Tse

The Australian firm has completed its transaction to join the Grant Thornton Advisors multinational platform, adding to its nearly 20 firms across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region.

PROFESSION • Malavika Santhebennur

Hospitality businesses have closed at nearly twice the national rate in the past year due to mounting operating costs, cost-of-living pressures, and higher wages.

PROFESSION • Carlos Tse

According to the latest CA ANZ data, more companies are forgoing ASX listings amid cost and compliance pressures and are considering private capital.

PROFESSION • Miranda Brownlee

The Assistant Treasurer has revealed the members of the inaugural governing council for the new regulatory body, External Reporting Australia.

PROFESSION • Malavika Santhebennur

While noting that it has always opposed SMSFs paying a CSLR levy, the association has said it sees the need for the measure announced by the government and for the SMSF sector “to step up in the short term”.

PROFESSION • Malavika Santhebennur and Amelia McNamara

KPMG is rumoured to be undertaking large-scale redundancy proceedings in the wake of the ongoing audit scandal and subsequent parliamentary scrutiny.

PROFESSION • Miranda Brownlee

Labor has said there is broad support for extending the TPB’s enforcement toolkit, but has acknowledged that important questions have been raised during the consultation on the proposed powers.

PROFESSION • Malavika Santhebennur

Amid ongoing scrutiny into its treatment of whistleblowers, KPMG will provide information on how many whistleblowers were managed “off the books”.