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Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... likely they are keeping it largely to themselves, for now. Even though the US Fed held out and kept rates on hold in late July, Grotzinger is not expecting it to hold out for too long. "The market is pricing for a Fed cut and further Fed ease, and I ...

Bell Financial reports 44% slump in profit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... platform, developing other new products and services that will launch in the near term, and an inaugural graduate program. In July, BFG partnered with Praemium to create a wealth management platform and holistic solution across all asset classes for ...

Unemployment falls, more women enter the workforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in July, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "With employment rising by 25,000 people and the number of unemployed decreasing by 10,000 people, the unemployment rate ...

AMP recruits former SSGA sales manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... asset consultants, advisers and their clients." Trenfield will report into Rory Scott, head of strategic growth at North. In July, AMP named Harry Georges as the new head of national sales for the platform. His role reports to Lisa Sorgini, general manager ...

Adamantem Capital buys IT provider from EQT

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... services provider headquartered in Sydney, offering end-to-end solutions in security, cloud and digital solutions. Since July 2019, Nexon has grown from 150 employees to over 600 and registered more than five-fold growth in sales revenue, EQT said. The ...

Elanor rebuffs Lederer's governance concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... Meanwhile, it is also on track to end its arrangement with Challenger and its subsidiary Fidante Partners which it entered in July 2023.

PC suggests removing excessive entry requirements for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... advisers listed on the Financial Adviser Register has almost halved in six years, down from 26,500 in 2019 to just 15,300 as of July 2025. CPA Australia chief executive Chris Freeland said the Commission's draft recommendation to remove excessive occupational ...

Insignia offloads IOOF Alliances to Entireti

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... Planning officially rebranded to Akumin in March. AMP Financial Planning is now known as Akumin Financial Planning. Last July, Insignia separated from its self-employed advice licensee business Rhombus Advisory but retained a 37% ownership. Rainmaker ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... possible. At the end of December 2024, the sovereign wealth fund had invested nearly US$2 billion in Israeli companies. In July, UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese slammed the Government Pension Fund of Norway - which is the world's largest ...

RBA cut 'highly likely', but caution remains

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... cards this month. "With core inflation continuing to fall and guidance from the RBA last month that the surprise pause in July was about the 'timing not direction' of the cash rate trajectory, a cut this week seems highly likely," Bloxham said. ...