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Finance news foretells stock market volatility: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... reflecting evolving conditions that are not fully priced. Among the news topics analysed, they also found that stock market activity, financial institutions, economic shocks, and government policy were most related to stock market volatility. "If you're ...

ASIC calls on AFS licensees to 'step up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... guidance for AFSLs on how to reduce share sale fraud risks for clients and businesses. The regulator said the fraudulent activity can have a "devastating financial and emotional impact" on the lives of those who fall victim. The updated Information Sheet ...

ASIC puts 18 finfluencers on notice amid global campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... companies in British Columbia and hand-delivered a caution letter to a Vancouver finfluencer about potentially unregistered activity, suggesting he seek legal advice. The Ontario Securities Commission also hand-delivered warnings alongside law enforcement. ...

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... Australia. The following received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service in a particular locality or field of activity or to a particular group. Marni Baker is formerly Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's chief executive and managing director ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... resilient, including a solid labour market, robust balance sheets, and easing financial conditions. "A pull-forward of activity ahead of the US tariffs has also buoyed growth in Q1 and is likely to provide some momentum through the rest of the year. ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... decade, according to ASIC. Stamford Capital managing director Peter O'Connor said private credit has dominated market activity and accounts for around 17% of Australia's commercial real estate debt. "We've seen a similar shift in our loan book. Five ...

'Going corporate' key to family business success: KPMG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Corporate structures in family businesses including having a board, M&A activity, and capital investment are key to achieving growth in family businesses, according to the latest KPMG Enterprise/STEP Global Family Business report. The new report - which ...

AMP, intelliflo introduce dashboard enhancements for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... real-time servicing." Additionally, advisers can now upload documents directly to North, access full audit updates via the activity log and see an estimated completion date on the dashboard. The new enhancements were built in response to adviser feedback ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... he said. Although data reporting for private assets tends to lag, he said there may've been "some uptick" in deal activity in the fourth quarter of last year. But early signs suggest this hasn't continued - something he said was not "unreasonable ...

Longview Partners sets up local hub

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... within Franklin Templeton. For four years, he served as co-head of global distribution, managing sales and client services activity across Asia, Australia and the Middle East. Before that, he was the managing director and head of distribution at Legg ...