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ASIC warns it can't take action on every case of misconduct

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Alan Kirkland has admitted the regulator can't fight every battle of misconduct, but that doesn't mean it's not watching. Speaking at the Blockchain APAC Policy Week event, Kirkland ...

Markets, economies benefit from eustress: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... said. The path toward this normalisation, however, hinges on the absence of "geopolitical wildcards" that include Russia's war in Ukraine entering its third year, Israel's war on Gaza, and the upcoming US elections. Given the macroeconomic environment ...

Inaugural CSLR levy slugs advisers $18.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
The financial advice industry will be forced to pay $18.5 million to fund the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort's (CSLR) first year of operation, drawing outrage from the sector. The government released its estimates for the first and second phase ...

Interest rate cut may not come until 2025, experts warn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to keep interest rates on hold at 4.35% today but hopes for a rate cut around the corner may be off the table. In this month's Finder RBA Cash Rate Survey, 41 experts and economists weighed in on what ...

Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) are quickly expanding, posing a challenge to policymakers attempting to regulate the area. According to Kevin Hebner, managing director, global investment strategist with Epoch Investment Partners, those charged ...

Centuria raises $50m for new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
Centuria Capital Group has launched a new fund to wholesale investors that targets counter-cyclical opportunities across the property sectors and debt. The Centuria Select Opportunities Fund (CSOF) is a closed-ended unlisted fund targeting a 15% internal ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps the most transformative technology since the advent of the internet, poised to herald an unprecedented digital economic revolution. To appear at the precipice of the movement, some are employing deceptive tactics ...

Perpetual adds director, institutional business

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
High-profile investment executive Kate Hillyar has joined Perpetual Asset Management's institutional business team. Hillyar arrives from alternative asset manager HMC Capital, where she worked for 18 months as a director of institutional capital. ...

UniSuper, ISPT acquire commercial property at Western Sydney Airport

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
UniSuper and ISPT have jointly acquired a 280-hectare greenfield logistics development site, Burra Park, situated near the entrance of the new Western Sydney International Airport. The industry fund and property fund manager plan to develop Burra Park ...

Morningstar equities research lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
The long-serving head of equities research at Morningstar has reflected on six decades in financial services in a final analyst note. Peter Warnes has been with Morningstar since 2006, however his career began long before - nabbing a role with the Bank ...