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Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... unleashed a barrage of tariffs on just about every country, imposing a blanket 10% tariff on all imports from all countries, plus higher reciprocal tariffs on many countries to offset what he believes are barriers to US exports. Australia has been hit ...

Macquarie terminates Aussie equity funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... equity offerings, saying they've failed to achieve scale. The Macquarie Australian Equities Fund and the Macquarie Active Plus Equities Fund were terminated late last month. Macquarie said both did not "have sufficient scale required to remain economically ...

Otivo launches AI-powered advice tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... message should be flagged or not. Then a human follows up on those replies made by the AI. So, we have an automated process, plus a human process which reviews any sort of flagged information." Isterling said this is not a chatbot offering generic advice ...

MA Financial bolsters sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... ASX-listed private credit fund - MA Credit Income Trust - and its recent partnership with Warburg Pincus to launch a $1 billion-plus real estate credit vehicle. MA Financial distribution head Lee Hayes said: "I am delighted to welcome someone of Renee's ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... at the rate of the region." Moore said the rapid growth is a result of underlying developments, as well as the 'China Plus One' strategy. The strategy allows Chinese companies to offshore their manufacturing and supply chain operations to other ...

Wilson AM to launch first monthly LIC strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... diversification for Australian retail investors," Wilson said. The LIC will target the Reserve Bank of Australia's cash rate plus 2%, aiming to return over 6% per annum including franking credits. WMX is the ninth LIC in WAM's suite.

Managed accounts sector grows to $233bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... Annually, this was an 11.1% increase. "This second half of 2024 saw inflation largely under control and falling globally, plus signs of growth appeared in the largest economies. Strong equity performance was a feature, with interest in private equity ...

PM Capital confirms proposal to acquire Platinum funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... its Platinum Capital proposal, shareholders can swap their shares for PGF shares at a rate based on PGF's pre-tax NTA, plus a 1.5% premium to PMC's pre-tax NTA. Alternatively, PMC shareholders can opt for a cash payout based on PMC's post-tax ...

Court acts against two with links to Shield Master Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... investigation into the Shield Master Fund collapse. The $480 million Shield Master Fund collapse will likely see its 5800-plus investors cop significant losses, with the regulator's investigation ongoing. Today, the Federal Court acted against Osama ...

Fiducian FUMAA swell to $14.4bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... said. "We retain a bias towards international equities as the earnings outlook for the ASX is not as bright as offshore, plus some researchers believe there could be further weakness for the Australian dollar. Fixed interest holdings have been increased ...