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Trump's tariff implications for Australian investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... pharmaceuticals, in which case some local companies could find themselves in the crossfire. "But the main impact would come if the trade war with China escalates, which could lead to less demand for our raw materials that flow to China. A broader impact ...

Insignia Financial receives bid from Brookfield

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
The bidding war for Insignia Financial has notched up yet again after the wealth manager said it received another takeover offer - this time from global investment giant Brookfield Capital Partners. This marks the third party to enter the bidding war ...

Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the creation of a sovereign wealth fund. The executive order directs US secretary of the treasury Scott Bessent, who was sworn in last week by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ...

The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Blake Briggs has said the regulatory pendulum for the superannuation, funds management, and financial advice sectors has swung too far over the last decade under successive governments. It's time for ...

AustralianSuper welcomes AI tech competition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Mayhem erupted on Wall Street on Monday (local time) after Chinese-owned DeepSeek burst onto the artificial intelligence (AI) scene, wiping $1 trillion off chip maker Nvidia. AustralianSuper holds around $2 billion of Nvidia shares in its balanced option ...

Insignia Financial appoints chief technology officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... completion of our NAB separation and supported the transition to our new operating model." The announcement comes as a bidding war persists for the company. Following the appointment, the Insignia executive team consists of Hartley as chief executive ...

Depreciating Aussie dollar could prove opportunistic

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... cheaper than it was last quarter, so we expect more M&A activity this year," he said, "A great example of this is the bidding war over Insignia Financial." Griffin is also bullish on the smaller end of the financial sector, especially those tied to the ...

Bain Capital improves Insignia Financial bid

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Insignia Financial has opened its books to Bain Capital after it matched CC Capital Partners' revised takeover offer. It comes as the wealth giant reports several achievements, including growth in its alternatives business. After CC Capital lobbed a ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... cartels as terrorists, suspending refugee resettlements, and ending birthright citizenship, among other things. On the culture war front, Trump will also sign an executive order that declares it is the policy of the US to recognise only two sexes - male ...

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
More companies will divest their superannuation administration offerings in 2025, according to Finura, as super funds potentially move this service in-house amid tighter scrutiny from the regulators. ASIC suing Cbus for poor member claims experience ...