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MA Financial backs FundBox's Australian expansion with $100m facility

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
MA Financial will support the expansion of FundBox, a US fintech platform helping small and medium businesses (SMB) get fast access to capital, into Australia through a $100 million lending facility to support its local warehouse infrastructure. FundBox ...

Advisers 'positioned to thrive' in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
In conversation with key industry professionals, the prospects for financial advisers in 2026 orbit around an evolving regulatory landscape, positioning and sector focus, and portfolio construction and global allocation. Fradley Advice specialist financial ...

GESB alignment strategy sees member, FUM growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... is more we can do for our members. It's certainly a task that the board and the executive team are focused on, and we hope to be doing a lot more for people in the next 12 to 18 months." Finally, GESB said it is also considering introducing a member ...

China's two speed economies: Which one wins?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
Fund managers are increasingly looking at China for opportunities in the high-growth sectors, as government policies tackle structural concerns in the Chinese economy. Most remain cautiously optimistic as they assess whether the new engine of the economy ...

ART enters domestic build-to-rent sector

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) is entering the domestic build-to-rent sector, investing in the $1.7 billion LIV Mirvac Fund, which owns approximately 2200 apartments across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. ART general manager mid-risk assets and UK ...

Most read in 2025: Financial advice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... million to fund the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) for FY26 - breaching the $20 million cap - Treasury offered some hope in finally calling for a review of the controversial scheme. 2. The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC At an event ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... lending. "Through this ongoing program of work, which will hopefully be complemented by industry efforts to lift standards, we hope that private credit will increasingly be done well in Australia, with benefits to individual investors and the broader ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... controlled economies and political decisions, along with the "flukes of world politics." "The best Australia can do is to hope that the bottom does not drop out of all the foodstuff markets at once and to encourage shifts in food production where they ...

Maria Lykouras nabs new chief gig

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
The former chief executive of JBWere is taking on a new role, leading an industry association. Maria Lykouras will take over as chief executive of the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) from next week. She replaces Judith Fox, who ...

Government cracks down on financial abuse via coerced directorships

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
The government has opened consultation to combat financial abuse in families perpetrated through coerced directorships. The consultation paper by the Treasury noted that financial abusers can exploit loopholes in tax and corporate systems, weaponising ...