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ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... integrity, investor outcomes and confident, informed participation in the financial system even at levels of activity that do not pose risks to financial stability," ASIC said. ASIC also warned that while the asset class doesn't appear to be systemically ...

Selfwealth to proceed with Svava proposal

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... to BFG's offer; the latter was given until 5:00pm today to provide a counterproposal but BFG has since advised that it will not be making a counterproposal. "The decision not to make a counterproposal was made with consideration to our assessed valuation ...

Platinum rolls out major leadership reshuffle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
Platinum Asset Management has unleashed a major reshuffle of its leadership team as it continues to focus on turnaround plans. In February 2024, Platinum announced a comprehensive turnaround program under the leadership of chief executive Jeff Peters. ...

Deflation continues, albeit slowly

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... investment strategist Charu Chanana said the reading shows inflation is heading in the right direction. "Monthly CPI figures do not give the full picture of inflation in Australia and aren't enough to offer guidance to traders on the policy path ...

Acenda names inaugural chair

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
MLC Life Insurance has announced who will chair the insurer when it becomes Acenda. MLC Life Insurance, soon becoming Acenda through the merger with Resolution Life Australia, has appointed Craig Dunn to the position and will take effect upon the completion ...

Macquarie shutters 30-year-old fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Macquarie Group has terminated the Macquarie Master Capital Stable Fund, claiming the fund does not have "sufficient scale" to remain viable. The bank has commenced the wind-up of the fund's assets and unitholders' share of the net proceeds of the termination ...

Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... of the Federal Reserve's decision making. "Increasingly, we're seeing more investment coming through the economy, and it's not really interest rate sensitive. It's a different kind of world from the one we've been in," Redican said. On the energy transition ...

AI's big moment? Not this year, says Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn't expected to see its big breakthrough this year. Nevertheless, expectations for returns on capital are at their highest since the pandemic, according to Fidelity International's 2025 analyst survey. AI is expected to ...

ASIC bans Brisbane-based financial services director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... cash payment made by that company to JB Markets in 2021, knowing that the $540,000 payment was for equity in JB Markets and not a loan. In addition, ASIC found Aardoom failed to issue shares to the other company in relation to the 2021 equity investment ...

AI is not a bubble: ECP Asset Management

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... about a bubble because it all comes down to valuations," Warton said. "And the question on valuations is stock-specific, it's not a market wide answer. What I think is very clear is that generative AI is going to be defining technological shifts, and ...