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Finance news foretells stock market volatility: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... language used in more than 1.1 million news articles from The Wall Street Journal published between January 2000 and December 2022 and linked it to fluctuations in the S&P 500. They found that disruption-related terms such as "crisis", "recession", and ...

RBA powers deemed 'last resort' for critical financial infrastructure fallout

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... has recently launched an inquiry into the exchange last month, with the CHESS batch settlement failure that occurred in December last year being folded into the broader inquiry. Previously, ASIC chair Joe Longo said the new rules will limit ASX's ability ...

InvestSMART names chief operating officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... the company's operational discipline in executing its strategic goals. Ward has served as chief financial officer since December 2017. During this time, InvestSMART said he has demonstrated exceptional leadership and been instrumental in supporting the ...

Dodgy dentist defrauds members after draining super for medical procedures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... procedures that never occurred and have yet to be reimbursed. Hurst, who was the director of Perth Dental Rooms, died last December. He was previously convicted of defrauding the UK's National Health Service (NHS) through forged patient declarations. ...

Acenda Group assembles board of directors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... non-executive directors of the merged entity following Acenda's parent company Nippon Life's acquisition of Resolution Life in December 2024. On completion of this transaction, which is expected to occur in the second half of 2025, Resolution Life Australasia ...

ASIC launches fresh inquiry into ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... The inquiry provides an opportunity for ASX to bolster market trust." ASIC will discontinue its investigation of the 20 December 2024 CHESS batch settlement failure and fold it into the broader Inquiry. ASIC is currently suing the ASX in the Federal ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... sixth-largest exchange-traded product (ETP) manager by funds under management (FUM) - $9.7 billion, up 11% over the year to December 2024 - State Street is lagging other major players. Vanguard, the powerhouse in this market, increased its FUM by 33% ...

Australian Ethical names head of equities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... encouraging corporates to further their net zero ambitions." Australian Ethical delivered strong half-year results ending 31 December 2024, reporting its net profit after tax increased to $9.3 million, delivered by the success of its growth strategy. ...

Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... strategy. Nathan Dearinger has been appointed head of risk, joining from Rest where he was head of enterprise risk up until December last year. Prior to that, he held senior risk roles with Westpac and BT Financial Group and is the former head of finance ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... end of March, new APRA figures show. About $5.7 billion was generated in insurance revenue, marking a 3% rise from the December 2024 quarter. Life insurers managed to turn the $15 million after-tax loss into $332 million in net profit, partly driven ...