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ASIC takes action on Australian Fiduciaries

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... as the loss of value in the underlying assets. In a June 12 investor update, Australian Fiduciaries said the "FY2024 financials have been drafted and are with the auditors. The requirements of our independent auditor directed to us are aimed at further ...

Aware Super tops up direct equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... Associates and Capgemini. Second, Rachel Ryan joins as an investment analyst, covering telecommunications and diversified financials. She arrives from Barrenjoey, where she was a research analyst for real estate investment trusts (REITs). Ryan earlier ...

Analyst promotions: Frontier, Fidelity, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... Australian equities, joining Fidelity in 2017 as an investment analyst, covering the local healthcare sector and later financials. Before that, Lyons worked at CLSA, Nomura RBS Equities, JP Morgan Research and ABN AMRO. The new portfolio manager will ...

Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... that L1 hasn't yet been included in Morningstar's projections, as the merger discussions remain preliminary, and its financials aren't publicly available. If the deal goes ahead, Platinum's shares on issue would rise from approximately $582 million to ...

Three AFS licensees pinged over compliance breaches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... financial services licensee, an authorised representative, or an individual employed by or acting as a director of a financials services licensee who's authorised to provide such advice. ASIC said it's been actively monitoring compliance with the registration ...

SQM places private credit sector on watch

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... months." SQM said it has observed "with increasing frequency" a lack of transparency on who borrowers are and around group financials; questionable categorisation of asset holdings; highly leveraged balance sheets; overall inadequate disclosures; elevated ...

Global X launches Russell 2000 ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... X Russell 2000 (ASX: RSSL) offers exposure to small cap stocks listed in the US. The index has higher weightings in financials, industrials, and healthcare - sectors often underrepresented in large-cap benchmarks like the S&P 500. Global X senior investment ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... that the fund's sector positioning hasn't dramatically changed over the last few months, maintaining an overweight to financials and communication services while keeping an underweight to more growth orientated sectors like consumer durables and real ...

Global dividend strength to continue: Plato

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... the first time, while higher interest rates increased net interest margins leading to very strong dividend growth for financials, with large yields from JPM Chase, BoA and HSBC. "Interestingly, although US bank yields are generally lower than those in ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
APAC financials, energy, and materials firms are most likely to link ESG metrics to executive incentive plans. Across the top 400 APAC firms, 193 disclosed their executive incentive metrics. Three-quarters (74%) used ESG metrics. Australian companies ...