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Bell Asset Management names head of retail sales

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
Bell Asset Management has welcomed Andrew Stewart in the newly created role. The appointment forms part of a broader strategy to bolster the company's internal capabilities and drive growth across its global equities platform - particularly its high-conviction ...

Canadian Securities Exchange to acquire National Stock Exchange of Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
NSX Limited (NSX), the operator of the National Stock Exchange of Australia, has entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed with CNSX Markets, the market operator of the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE). Under the agreement, CNSX will acquire all remaining ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
Labor has secured 93 of the 150 seats up for grabs in the House of Representatives, with a few still in doubt - more than Kevin Rudd or Bob Hawke claimed in their maiden election victories - but does this historic win over the Coalition spell bad news ...

Inflation figures point to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.9% in the March 2025 quarter and 2.4% annually, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The March quarter increase of 0.9% follows two quarters in a row of 0.2% rises," ABS acting head of prices ...

TWC bolsters investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... with 25 years of experience in quantitative investing, portfolio management and equity research, Olteanu-Veerman brings a sharp, evidence-driven approach that jibes with achieving superior real returns on investment (RROI). Olteanu-Veerman started her ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... insurance more than doubled to 3021, while policy changes and non-claims communications fell 35% to 845. Complaints saw a sharp rise of 146% to 812 breaches, and breaches involving support for vulnerable customers also increased 151% to 191. Life Code ...

Productivity problem a long-term trend: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... Robson said. "The COVID pandemic was a massive global economic shock. The pandemic and the policy response to it drove a sharp rise - and then a crash - in measured productivity. Now that the dust has settled, we're back to the stagnant productivity ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... Australia has underperformed in direct investment towards the region in recent years, Moore said. "That's actually in sharp contrast with what's happening with the investment from the rest of the world," he said. "... largely with demographic ...

Holding mega-cap stocks could be detrimental: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
The historically high levels of concentration in equity markets of recent years, powered by a handful of mega-caps, points to a likely resurgence of diversified strategies over the next decade, according to new research by Scientific Beta. Scientific ...

AustralianSuper sued over death benefit delays

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... course. "Paying out members' retirement savings after they die is the final service we provide them. During COVID, a sharp increase in member deaths and a significant impact of the pandemic on staffing numbers saw a backlog relating to the processing ...