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QIC hires institutional sales director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
A long-time Schroders Australia executive has joined QIC's institutional distribution team as a director. The Queensland state government-owned investor confirmed the appointment of Tracy Abercromby, who will be based in QIC's Sydney office. ...

DeepSeek, Alibaba: Silver linings for emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
DeepSeek and Alibaba's rise from the ashes have bolstered the case for investing in Chinese companies, according to an emerging markets expert seeking the best opportunities in the face of geopolitical tensions and heightened risks. J.P. Morgan ...

Size of super impacting capital markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
Speaking at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association's (SIAA) 2025 conference, experts said the size of the superannuation sector is impacting smaller companies' ambitions to grow. AUSIEX chief executive Patrick Salis said the concentration ...

Macquarie raked over the coals again by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
Macquarie Securities, the broking arm of Macquarie Group, has been sued by ASIC for allegedly engaging in repeated and systemic misleading conduct in its short sale reporting to the market operator, supposedly misreporting millions of trades over 14 ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... of some of their self-imposed shackles of the last 16 years, whether that was a relatively heavy-handed approach to regulation, or a constraining approach to fiscal policy, especially by Germany." The clearest evidence of that, he continued, may be the ...

Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... there's no doubt that there's still a hell of a lot of work to do there to get rid of unnecessary red tape." De-regulation has been a sticking point for the industry, with SMSF Association (SMSFA) chief executive Peter Burgess agreeing that the ...

ASX outlines opportunities in listed markets amid IPO slump

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... raised, the ASX called for a streamlined IPO process by reducing the regulated 'on-risk' period, clarifying regulation around financial forecasts in prospectuses, and reducing the required minimum level of 'free float' for new listings ...

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... mandate under whichever government is sworn in does not stop. "APRA has an important mandate, financial stability and the regulation of the banks, insurers and the super funds and the protection of those interests... And you [are] constantly doing that ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... improve consumer access to advice. "One of the clearest messages from our members is that well-meaning but overly complex regulation has made financial advice harder to access and more expensive. We need to cut unnecessary red tape and ensure that advisers ...

Wealth managers' recovery looks promising: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
AMP, Insignia Financial and Challenger are poised to benefit from improved flows, lighter regulation and emerging longevity solutions despite the market volatility, analysis from Morgan Stanley shows. AMP's flow momentum is set to continue, combined ...