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FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... implementing AI-related security and governance controls, and just a quarter (24%) running cyber awareness training. Still, companies are generally confident in their ability to recover from a cyber incident. In the same report (Figure 1), 28% were 'very ...

Private markets, asset class correlations upending 60-40 portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... "Investors in Australia are dealing with this public market challenge... Market breadth is low; the number of public companies is falling. Yet, markets are higher, and the number of companies are lower. So, that is lacking diversification opportunities ...

Australian investors undeterred by global market turbulence

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... Australians have a strong preference for local assets, with 73% of respondents identifying allocations to homegrown companies and ETFs (71%). The research indicates strong confidence in managing wealth and financial futures, with 25% of respondents feeling ...

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... "Private markets, particularly private credit, when done well, are great for the economy, for investors, for borrowers, for companies needing capital. What we're concerned about is those parts that may not be done well and what does this mean in terms ...

Bennelong FM expands into private credit with US partnership

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... middle market direct lending to institutional and high-net-worth investors. It focuses on providing unitranche loans to companies diversified across industries in US and Canada. "We believe Monroe Capital is a specialist international manager with the ...

AI adoption by investors 'grows rapidly': Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... investors' confidence is buoyed by a strong domestic economy. "Confidence in Australian capital markets and listed companies has risen significantly at a time of global uncertainty, along with confidence in auditors and financial statements," he ...

ART invests $1bn in Macquarie fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... transition by 2050, it has not disclosed whether or how it assesses the alignment of its ongoing lending to fossil fuel companies and projects with that goal. "Without this disclosure, Macquarie's shareholders have no way to identify and price Macquarie's ...

Receivers appointed to two Australian Fiduciaries entities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... Fiduciaries 3. In July they were appointed as voluntary administrators of Australian Fiduciaries and many of its other related companies, and in August they were appointed liquidators of those same entities. Lee Rushton, a former director of and current ...

Female fund managers' triumphant decade: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... with US President Donald Trump's continuous efforts to scale back on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), many companies have withdrawn their policies favouring the segment, including Goldman Sachs and Deloitte. In spite of Trump's influence ...

Ausbil launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... officially began trading. Debuting on the ASX today, DIVI predominantly invests in the S&P/ASX 200 Index and holds up to 50 companies. The underlying fund launched in 2018 and has $967 million of funds under management. Since inception, the fund has ...