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RBA interest rate cut expected

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is widely anticipated to slash interest rates by 0.25% when the board meets tomorrow. MFS Investment Management fixed income research analyst Carl Ang said he believes the RBA will deliver a "dovish insurance cut". ...

Vanguard, CFS deliver strong FY25 returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
The two retail superannuation funds delivered strong returns for members, but it was the low-cost, indexed-based strategy that outmuscled the other. Vanguard Super returned 13.5% p.a. for 2025 financial year for members aged 47 and under. Since its ...

ASIC funding levy to charge advisers $46.2m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
The financial advice sector can expect to contribute $46.2 million to ASIC's industry funding levy for the 2025 financial year, new estimates show. ASIC's Cost Recovery Implementation Statement (CRIS) report shows that advisers who provide personal ...

Movers and shakers: Cbus, HESTA, Rest, Minderoo and Colonial First State

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... Sydney and Russell Investments, where she spent seven years as an investment specialist. In other moves, at Colonial First State, Ramali De Zoysa has been promoted to associate in the private equity and unlisted assets team. She was previously a senior ...

Janus Henderson finalises strategic partnership with life insurer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Janus Henderson has commenced its strategic partnership with The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), set to manage Guardian's US$45 billion ($68bn) investment grade public fixed income portfolio. The partnership was initially ...

Improved economy not a guarantee of business success

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
While Australia's chief financial officers are confident the economy has passed its low point, this doesn't necessarily stretch to their own business performance over the next 12 months. Deloitte's biannual CFO Sentiment report gathers responses from ...

Banned director sentenced for running financial services firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... to give Fuoco "one last chance." Between March 2019 and April 2023, he was found to have been involved in five companies: State Advice, Ansa Finance, AFSL Group, About Advice, and Advice Now. All the companies were operating a similar model to that of ...

Lack of confidence in US equities brings investors back home

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Geopolitical tensions and US trade policy uncertainty have continued to dampen investor sentiment, with many shifting their attention to Australian equities, new research found. According to Investment Trends' 2025 First Half Australia Online Investing ...

Payton Capital rebrands post-acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
Payton Capital has received a brand makeover following the acquisition by ASX-listed alternative asset manager HMC Capital in July 2024. Payton Capital is officially named as HMC Private Credit, in a move to bring the private credit brand in line with ...

First Sentier Investors chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... capacity in 2018 when Mark Lazberger departed after 10 years in the role. The business was still known as Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) then but was later rebranded to First Sentier Investors following its acquisition by Mitsubishi ...