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ASX listings, trade volumes improve in December

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
The latest ASX monthly activity report indicates a healthy rebound in listing numbers, with 18 listings in December, bringing total listings for the second half of 2025 to 62. While this marked an improvement, the number of companies delisting climbed ...

WAM delivers standout 41% return in 2025

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... active investment portfolio delivered significant performance in 2025, returning 41.4% for its investors, outperforming the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index by 30.8% in the period. The exceptional returns enabled it to increase its interim dividend ...

Retail investors cautiously confident in 2026: ASA

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... and significant discrepancies in outcome performance across different markets and companies. In the first half of 2025 the ASX 200 rose by 4.7% led by communication services which surged by 13.9% followed by financials (10.6%) and industrials (8.8%). ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... alleging it made misleading statements, while failing to take reasonable steps to ensure reports were factually accurate for an ASX-listed entity. BDO was the auditor of ASX-listed tech company Dubber Corporation, the holding company of a group of companies ...

Pump and dump conspirators sentenced

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... service Telegram to discuss and select penny stocks, which they would then share in the public Telegram group known as 'ASX Pump and Dump Group', ASIC said at the time. The names of stocks were shared to the group nine times over a three-week period ...

TT Investments improves cash offer for 360 Capital shares

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... unsuccessful takeover effort in September, TT Investments has updated its bid to acquire the shares it doesn't already own in ASX-listed investment manager 360 Capital Group (ASX: TGP). TT Investments is the largest shareholder of TGP, holding approximately ...

Digital asset firm names investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Vector Capital Management has created a new chief investment role as it continues its push to bridge traditional and digital finance for high-net-worth and institutional clients. The Melbourne-based digital asset specialist has appointed William Fong ...

Perpetual extends exclusive talks for wealth management sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Perpetual has extended the exclusivity deed with Bain Capital Private Equity to Q1 next year. In an ASX announcement this morning, Perpetual said while discussions are progressing well, there is no certainty of reaching a binding agreement, or that ...

ASX-listed companies at breaking point: Alvarez & Marsal

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... UK (9.0%), and EMEA (8.8%). Domestically, the distress rate continues to rise and isn't confined to a single corner of the ASX or economy, it said. Retail and fashion lead the distress charts, which Alvarez & Marsal said these sectors are wrestling with ...

Sequoia expects earnings hit from Shield, First Guardian

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... group continues to perform ahead of the prior corresponding period at the EBITDA (operating profit level)," Sequoia said. The ASX-listed firm also announced that it reached a final settlement of $980,000 with a receiver in relation to an advice matter ...