Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping financial services in Sydney. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
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41 of 895 tracked companies have open roles.
22 of 895 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 22 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 64.0% of disclosed capital, while 97.5% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $538.9M | 38 | 2 |
| 2017 | $153.32M | 46 | 4 |
| 2018 | $570.34M | 47 | 3 |
| 2019 | $332.77M | 45 | 3 |
| 2020 | $616.55M | 24 | 3 |
| 2021 | $629.64M | 20 | 2 |
| 2022 | $53M | 13 | 1 |
| 2023 | $99.47M | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | $188.95M | 10 | 1 |
| 2025 | $0 | 2 | 0 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
29 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in financial services company rounds since 2016.
Backed by CDPQ.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by AirTree and Macquarie and others.
Backed by Barclays.
Backed by AirTree and Hostplus and others.
Backed by Hostplus and AirTree and others.
Backed by Macquarie and Apex Capital and others.
Backed by Apex Capital and Rice Warner and others.
Backed by Square Peg Ventures.
The measured Australia identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: bare ticker overlaps lack a recorded ASX exchange designation and are not designated legal or national identifiers.; The measured Australia identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: bare ticker overlaps lack a recorded ASX exchange designation and are not designated legal or national identifiers.
How the Sydney companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
14 of the 895 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (1.6%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 572,866 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| CommBankcommbank.com.au | 15,785,089 | 78 | 51.6% |
| Westpacwestpac.com.au | 8,345,578 | 73 | 34.9% |
| St.George Bankstgeorge.com.au | 3,115,079 | 59 | 37.6% |
| Australian Securities Exchangeasx.com.au | 1,701,946 | 65 | 31.8% |
| NRMA Insurancenrma.com.au | 1,185,756 | 58 | 53.8% |
| NRMAmynrma.com.au | 690,699 | 47 | 64.7% |
| HCFhcf.com.au | 687,974 | 50 | 66.4% |
| Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealandcharteredaccountantsanz.com | 457,758 | 49 | 36% |
| Restrest.com.au | 396,377 | 44 | 60.1% |
| Kalkine Mediakalkinemedia.com | 115,565 | 53 | 62.8% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
42 of these companies (4.7%) publish at least one Android app — 61 apps in all, carrying 24.1M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| CommBankCommBank | 12.4M | 3.5 | Finance |
| WestpacWestpac | 5.5M | 3.5 | Finance |
| St.George Mobile BankingSt.George Bank | 1.6M | 3.5 | Finance |
| My NRMANRMA | 1.2M | 3.7 | Lifestyle |
| Rest SuperRest | 758.2K | — | Finance |
| HCF My Membership AppHCF | 461.3K | 3.7 | Health & Fitness |
| HSBC AustraliaHSBC Australia | 411.3K | 4.5 | Finance |
| NRMA InsuranceNRMA Insurance | 395.1K | 3 | Finance |
| My AMPAMP | 259.8K | 1.6 | Finance |
| Aware SuperAware Super | 235.9K | 4.2 | Finance |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q3–2025Q3).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks | 18 | 20.6M | CommBank 12.4M | |
| Insurance Carriers | 6 | 2.1M | My NRMA 1.2M | |
| Services For Investment Industry | 3 | 771.7K | Rest Super 758.2K | |
| Asset Management | 11 | 262.2K | Aware Super 235.9K | |
| Banking Tech | 2 | 129.3K | Virgin Money Australia 127.5K | |
| Service Providers To Banks | 3 | 107.7K | Aussie 99.1K | |
| Consumer And Sme Loans | 6 | 94.3K | myRAMS 76.9K | |
| Finance & Accounting Services | 8 | 15.9K | BMT Tax Depreciation Calc 6.7K |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 43 of 61 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2025Q3, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
1 companies hiring · $1.11B disclosed funding
Explore in RadarCommon revenue models; a company can use more than one.
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
The move follows Hall Chadwick’s recent 200 million-plus IPO raise on the Nasdaq for a specially-created acquisition division
IAG’s acquisition of RAC’s underwriting operation would combine two of the state's biggest insurers.
Magellan Financial shareholders have approved the takeover of Barrenjoey at an implied valuation of $1.6 billion.
Both the Winning Group and Ellerston Capital said that a board refresh will be undertaken following the deal, which the Australian Financial Review reports to be worth around $100 million.
Deposit Power, which is part of London headquartered credit insurance agency Credeq Group, had acquired Deposit Assure for an undisclosed amount.
Australia’s Perpetual Limited said on Monday it agreed to sell its wealth management business to private equity firm Bain Capital for an upfront cash payment of A$500 million ($350 million).
With a signed successor fund transfer deed, Aware Super and TelstraSuper are now just a couple of months out from merging.
HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 12 March 2026 - Regal Partners Holdings Limited ... placement of 560,000,000 new shares ... raising net proceeds of approximately HK$28 million.
The two firms will then merge. The proposed merger implies a value of $1.62 billion for Barrenjoey.
Another consolidation is likely after Zurich last week flagged a deal to buy ClearView Wealth at an equity value of $415 million.
Top 10 categories among 601 recorded events in the 24-month window.
2 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · Nasdaq1 reports
IPO1 reports
61 tracked people moves
Departure chief AI officer
Departure Previously Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Chief AI Innovation Officer
Appointment Executive Manager
Appointment Business Development Manager
Retirement Previously Chair
Appointment Chair-elect
Appointment Head of Real Assets for India
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Enterprise AI Platform
AI Feature
10 recorded customer wins
Customer: finder energyFinance
Customer: Forge ResourcesMarketing Services
Customer: codereGaming and Leisure
Customer: bain capital
Customer: kirkstoneMarketing services
Customer: Infrastructure
3 companies with reported reductions
18 recorded events
18 tracked suits
suspected Corporations Act breaches involving trades in Accent Group\'s securitiesRegulatory · Ongoing
failure to file historical financial accountsRegulatory · Dismissed
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 29 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich Financial Services→ClearView ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-27 | $415.0M |
| IAG→rac | Announced | 2026-04-20 | Not stated in snapshot |
| IAG→raci | Pending | 2026-04-17 | $1.4B |
| magellan financial→Barrenjoey ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-13 | $1.6B |
| Ellerston Capital→winning group | Announced | 2026-04-10 | $100.0M |
| Deposit Power→deposit assure | Pending | 2026-04-09 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
0 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 2-posting snapshot covers 2 employers.
No repeated job title is supported by this snapshot.
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
Top skills across 2 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| CommBank ↗ | 51,800 |
| IAG ↗ | 50,099 |
| Macquarie ↗ | 14,469 |
| Suncorp Group ↗ | 13,815 |
| Scentre Group ↗ | 2,700 |
| TAL ↗ | 2,672 |
| credit corp group ↗ | 2,261 |
| ASIC ↗ | 2,098 |
225 founders and chief executives across 184 companies.
remara, R-Squared Capital, Rous Investments. UNSW BS 1992, Macquarie University MS 1998
Athena Home Loans, ex-National Australia Bank, ex-Citigroup Global Wealth Management, Columbia Business School, 2001
Ex-Ferrier Hodgson, Kahn Consulting. The University of Western Australia 1991
Asx, ex-Ubs, ex-Jpmorgan, Aston University
Pinnacle Investment Management, ex- Association of Goals Based Advice (AGBA), Select Asset Management Australia, MMC Contrarian, AMP, Morgan Stanley…
Co-CEO Sequential, Tanooki Ventures, ex-Proviso, Collections Marketing Center, Westpac. Macquarie University BS 2009, University of Adelaide MBA 2022
Ex-CEO X4 Consulting, Practium Consulting, Capgemini, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft. The University of Auckland BSc, MCom 1998
Ex-Hamilton Securities, Asset Resolution, Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers, Hunter Hall International, CEO Standard Life Demutualisation Campaign…
Ex-First State Super, Sentient Impact Group, Conexus Financial, Impact Investing Australia. Sydney University, University of New South Wales
Founder & CEO Walsh Capital, ex-CEO Future Generation, Philanthropy Australia, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Allens. University of Sydney 1989
Australian Investment Council, ex-Centenary Institute, QIC, Macquarie Group, Challenger, Westpac, Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas. UNSW BSc 1993
Link Advice, ex-MLC Advice Solutions, NAB, Hillross Financial, GIO Financial. Edith Cowan University 1997, AGSM UNSW Business School 2005
13 profiles with education records.
8 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
61,940 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Financial Services coverage tagged Sydney · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 13,559 |
| 2021Q3 | 16,844 |
| 2021Q4 | 13,555 |
| 2022Q1 | 13,906 |
| 2022Q2 | 14,052 |
| 2022Q3 | 14,165 |
| 2022Q4 | 24,547 |
| 2023Q1 | 28,259 |
| 2023Q2 | 15,653 |
| 2023Q3 | 18,328 |
| 2023Q4 | 15,860 |
| 2024Q1 | 16,398 |
| 2024Q2 | 18,455 |
| 2024Q3 | 15,741 |
| 2024Q4 | 17,651 |
| 2025Q1 | 18,269 |
| 2025Q2 | 12,890 |
| 2025Q3 | 16,559 |
| 2025Q4 | 17,682 |
| 2026Q1 | 16,864 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
597 recorded company events across 54 companies; percentages use that event total.
Financial Services coverage tagged Sydney · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Australia comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| countries | 4,005 | 1,939 | 107% |
| domestic robots | 3,105 | 45 | 6800% |
| toy robots | 3,083 | 32 | 9534% |
| startup news | 1,994 | 558 | 257% |
| ashes moments | 1,189 | 772 | 54% |
| angel investors | 1,018 | 370 | 175% |
| overseas study | 974 | 689 | 41% |
| ashes urn | 895 | 394 | 127% |
| ashes records | 856 | 406 | 111% |
| semester abroad | 819 | 525 | 56% |
| test cricket | 6,003 | 11,567 | -48% |
| test innings | 4,569 | 8,878 | -49% |
| 5-day cricket | 3,736 | 7,789 | -52% |
| odi cricket | 2,935 | 6,182 | -53% |
| limited overs cricket | 2,800 | 6,154 | -55% |
Australia comparison coverage
territories, disputed islands, test cricket
28.0% critical · 19.6% positivetest cricket, test innings, odi world cup
31.3% critical · 41.4% positivenba expansion teams, league expansion news, nba team legends
32.0% critical · 45.9% positiveFinancial Services coverage tagged Sydney. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 31 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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