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Infocus adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... to Australia, was previously working as finance director of global markets technology for JPMorgan for five years to December 2023. She also previously worked at Deutsche Bank, HSBC, and Merrill Lynch. At Infocus, she is responsible for overseeing financial ...

Productivity problem a long-term trend: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Australia's productivity continued to stagnate in the December quarter, suggesting that the productivity problem may be part of a long-term trend. The Productivity Commission's (PC) latest quarterly productivity bulletin found labour productivity ...

Investors warned to sell hybrids before phase out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... start to experience capital losses," she warned. APRA announce it would phase out the use of AT1 capital instruments in December 2024, in a move it said would simplify and improve the effectiveness of bank capital in a crisis. The move was one of several ...

Vanguard ETFs record most consistent monthly net flows: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... consistent inflows of any manager over the past two years, according to Rainmaker Information. Over the two years to December 2024, monthly net flows to its ETFs showed an autocorrelation of 0.59 - a statistical measure which, in this context, shows ...

Rest kickstarts in-house global equities trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... global equities division. Richard Mercado was appointed to lead it and has since recruited four more to the team. As at December end, Rest had close to $34 billion or 35% of its assets invested in international equities. This is across external mandates ...

Falcon Capital, First Guardian Master Fund set for liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... was ordered to surrender his passport and prevented from leaving Australia. Keystone was ordered into liquidation last December.

Managed account use at record high: Data

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... billion, according to the Institute of Managed Account Professionals' (IMAP), increasing 23.2% in the 12 months to December 2024. Currently, SMAs hold the largest market share of 64% or $148 billion and remain the preferred choice for advisers. The ...

Navigator takes stake in 1315 Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... support, and client expansion will prove invaluable over the coming years." Navigator had US$79 billion of AUM at the end of December 2024. NGI chief investment officer and head of NGI strategic investments Ross Zachary said: "This partnership broadens ...

'Incompetent' adviser permanently banned by ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... was the director and responsible manager of AFS Licensee (AFSL) Suetonius Wealth Management between 28 July 2020 and 14 December 2020, where he recommended to at least 18 clients that they invest in a "Principal-protected Private Placement Program" which ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
Despite a near 10% fall in electricity prices in the December quarter, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) data indicates the cost of maintaining a comfortable retirement has increased further over the past 12 months. The cost ...