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Platinum, L1 merger to help fight 'organic business decline'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... Platinum's potential merger with L1 Capital - which saw the two parties enter a merger implementation deed earlier this week - may help save the business against ongoing decline but other hurdles remain, according to Morningstar equity analyst Shaun ...

Gold ETFs outshine large caps: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... in a diversified portfolio of companies involved in the gold mining industry, returned a whopping 50.6% p.a. in the year to May 31. Rainmaker's May 2025 Wholesale Managed Funds Report shows BetaShares' Global Gold Miners ETF (Hedged), which is backed ...

Northern Trust selected to test tokenised asset uses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... said. "Importantly, Project Acacia will allow industry and regulators to work together to learn more about how these use cases may reshape the financial services industry, potentially boosting efficiency and foster economic growth." DFCRC chief scientist ...

GQG assets hit record high despite underperformance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... performance fees (fees linked to investment performance), continue to comprise the vast majority of our net revenue." At the May annual general meeting discussing results for 2024, GQG chief executive Tim Carver said the distribution team drove more ...

RBA delivers 'confounding' rates decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... household expenditure and businesses investment. This sentiment won't change overnight, and lower interest rates alone may not be the answer," Malakellis said. "It's a difficult balancing act for the RBA - they would love to give households and ...

Mercer SmartPath returns exceed 12%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... different countries, industries and investment types to support portfolio resilience in an uncertain economic environment." In May, the Goldman Sachs & JBWere Superannuation Fund merged into the Mercer Super Trust. The former had 1670 members and total ...

Trade war could have positive impact on Aussie GDP: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... trade policy measures will have a marginal direct impact on the Australian economy, but the risks and uncertainty they bring may have far reaching costs. The PC's annual report on developments in Australian trade and industry assistance policies found ...

RBA interest rate cut expected

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... (CBA) junior associate Australian economics Lucinda Jerogin said the bank is also anticipating a 25bp cut to 3.6%. "A dovish May board decision and subsequent meeting minutes coupled with a soft flow of data since then has made us expect the RBA will ...

MA Financial makes $380m real estate investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... confidence and stabilising costs. That's opening up more opportunities for private credit to step in and support projects that may have struggled to access traditional financing over the past 12-18 months."

Vanguard, CFS deliver strong FY25 returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... p.a. While the returns for Lifestage options for younger members who were born after 1980 are not yet finalised, based on May 2025 results they appear on track to achieve about 13% p.a. CFS chief investment officer Jonathan Armitage said global and domestic ...