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T. Rowe and Oak Hill launch flexible credit income fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... range of industries, mainly in the US. The fund is designed as a diversified strategy, with flexibility to invest up and down the capital structure across both private and public credit markets, including direct lending, junior capital solutions, asset-based ...

IMF tells Chalmers to curb spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... the assessment was positive for the outlook for the economy. "Under Labor, inflation is around a third of its peak, debt is down, real wages are growing, unemployment is low, we've overseen the creation of more than 1.2 million jobs and interest rates ...

AMP launches new digital financial advice tools

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
AMP has launched a series of new digital advice solutions to provide members with personalised retirement plans. The recent enhancements include streamlined access to three new retirement sub-journeys and a retirement planner. Through the new digital ...

Assembly Funds Management reopens second retail fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
Over a year since the second close of the fund, the Lowy family-backed Assembly Funds Management (AFM) has once again reopened the Australian Diversified Property Fund 2 (ADPF2), with 65% now invested across the living, retail and office sectors. The ...

Conaghan holds ASIC accountable for Shield, First Guardian mess

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... opportunity to reprimand the regulator at the annual Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress, saying ASIC has let down 12,000 Australians who lost an estimated $1 billion to $1.2 billion. While it is apparent that there are many links ...

Advice sector looks to offshore talent to bridge skills gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... to another level. They'll work together, as opposed to in competition," she said told the panel. "What we're drilling down on is: how do we make our team more human, so they're not seen as robots behind the scenes? So that they're actually ...

SQM vows to 'respectfully' defend ASIC case

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Almost a week after ASIC decided to take the research house to court over 'favourable' ratings of the Shield Master Fund, SQM Research has confirmed it will defend itself against the allegations. In a statement overnight, SQM Research managing director ...

Money laundering to become greater issue for super: AUSTRAC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... where it's not as convenient for customers," Miller said. "It is about introducing a bit more friction, slowing things down, giving time for checks to be made." Miller acknowledged the dilemma for institutions to provide a positive experience for ...

'We won't bet against the US', but 'China is not a foe': Elia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
Hostplus has no plans to switch up its investment strategies as tensions between the US and China continue to rise, chief executive David Elia told the ASFA Conference 2025. "I don't think it's about having to choose between either country. ...

Stay or leave: ASIC's private credit clampdown tests managers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... will bring more safety. The biggest risk he sees in the market is another manager doing something to take the whole market down. "People often say to me, 'What's your biggest concern around the market?' And it's often not the market ...