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Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... Dimon believes the current geopolitical environment is the "most complicated and risky geopolitical situation since World War II." "You have the terrible war in Ukraine and Russia. What's going on in the Middle East is terrible. You have Iran, maybe ...

ASIC names new chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has named a chief executive, following Warren Day's abrupt exit in June last year. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chief executive Scott Gregson will join ASIC on March ...

Bell Financial expects revenues, profits to rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... Christine Christian said. "We also believe our clients will benefit from BFG's diversified wealth management offering." A bidding war quickly unfolded as AxiCorp Financial Services - which specialises in forex trading and contracts for difference - stepped ...

FAAA accuses government of crucial CSLR failure

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) believes the government may have failed in its obligations when introducing the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) by skipping a key step. Following a review of documents the FAAA obtained ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... that while higher trade tariffs are unavoidable given the incoming US President, she hopes the US will stop short of a trade war. "It is clear that US tariffs on its global trade partners are going to increase in 2025 with the incoming Trump administration. ...

Trump's response to global conflict adds uncertainty to private markets: IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
How the Trump administration handles geopolitical conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war and Israeli-Palestinian conflict, will inject uncertainty to private markets, according to IFM Investors' Private Markets Macro Outlook. IFM Investors chief ...

AustralianSuper aims to five-fold $1.4bn Euro venture in five years

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
AustralianSuper has acquired a 50% stake in Oxford Properties Group's $1.4 billion European industrial and logistics portfolio, with the partnership to target up to $7.5 billion worth of high-quality warehouses over the next three to five years. The ...

UBS injects $100m into Centuria Bass

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Centuria Bass Credit, the real estate funding solutions provider, has expanded its debt warehouse facility with an additional $100 million senior secured commitment from UBS. The additional funding increased Centuria Bass' debt warehouse facility to ...

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Investors have head into the New Year with many of the same concerns they had at the start of 2024, with interest rates and inflation to dominate once again. Last November, RBA governor Michele Bullock indicated the central bank views its settings as ...

Former Rugby World Cup champion joins Centuria Bass Credit

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
Centuria Bass Credit (CBC) has welcomed David Giffin, the former vice captain of the Wallabies, to the role of deputy chief executive. He has also become the co-head of lending, responsible for private lending origination and loan management across ...