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ASIC calls on AFS licensees to 'step up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning about share sale fraud after a spike in reports of stolen shares due to identify theft. ASIC said it has conducted an industry review and provided updated guidance for AFSLs on how to ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... PAXG and XAUT jumped as much as 1.57% before paring gains, with trading volumes surging more than 180%, according to ETF Shares chief investment officer David Tuckwell. "Crypto gold markets were the only ones open when the strikes happened, and they ...

En garde: New fund eyes Vanguard, Betashares' turf

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... later change or abandon them entirely. The development comes as Vanguard celebrates a major milestone for its Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS). The largest ETF in Australia, the fund surpassed $20 billion in funds under management at May end; in ...

L1 Capital, Platinum merger inches closer to reality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... merger was first announced, discussions were being had on the basis that L1 Capital shareholders would own about 75% of the shares in Platinum at the completion of the deal. This has now dropped to 74%, while Platinum shareholders will own 26%. This ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... ASX-listed asset managers have lagged the S&P/ASX 200 Index since 2022, when interest rates began rising from historic lows. For shares to gain momentum, Ler said lasting improvements in fund flows and operating margins are needed. Most ASX-listed asset ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... Class A, respectively. Vanguard took the international equities (indexed/enhanced) category with its Vanguard International Shares Select Exclusions Index Fund and multi-asset (growth) with its Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF. U Ethical Investors ...

ASIC shrinks IPO timetable to boost listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... formal lodgement." Further, changes still allow for concerns to be raised during the public exposure period and the issue of shares and quotation will still only occur once the exposure period has ended, ASIC said. ASIC chair Joe Longo said the initiatives ...

ETF Shares to bolster sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Australian exchange-traded fund start-up ETF Shares will accelerate its push into the local market following the appointment of Will Taylor as chief operating officer. Taylor, who landed from Global X, will report to chief executive Cliff Man and oversee ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... that just one Truth Social post from US President Donald Trump could trigger market volatility. Colosimo noted that US shares climbed 6% in May, their strongest month in over a year, after skidding nearly 19% from February highs in April. Meanwhile ...

LGT Crestone, AUSIEX acquisitions finalised

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... said: "CBA undertook an extensive due diligence process to ensure its clients and advisers would transfer to a firm that shares its values and unwavering commitment to excellence." He noted that LGT Crestone is "focused on honouring the relationships ...