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Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Findings from World Economic Forum's Executive Opinion Survey suggest Australian business leaders are most concerned with economic risks like recession in the coming years. The Executive Opinion Survey, conducted in partnership with Zurich and Marsh ...

Datt Capital opens small cap fund to retail investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Datt Capital has expanded access to its high conviction small cap strategy, launching the Datt Capital Small Companies Fund Class B, a retail friendly version of its previously wholesale-only fund. The original Small Companies Fund, launched in 2023 ...

UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... soaring past 100% returns. VanEck's Gold Miners ETF also delivered a robust return of 101.9% p.a. The Global X Defence Tech ETF (88.5% p.a.), Betashares Video Games and Esports ETF (86.9% p.a.) and Betashares Crypto Innovators ETF (84%) also reported ...

APAC investors push for 24-hour trading in US markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
A new whitepaper by DTCC explores the implications of US markets switching to a 24x5 trading schedule, allowing investors to trade 24 hours a day, five days a week. The paper said global demand, especially from APAC investors, and regulatory permissibility ...

Padua ends joint CEO structure

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
Padua Solutions is reshaping its leadership as co-founder Anne-Marie Esler shifts from day-to-day management into a board and industry engagement role, drawing a line under the joint chief executive model she has shared with her brother since the business ...

The shifting role of custodians in the financial ecosystem: ACSA

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ASCA) has released a white paper examining the changing role and expectations of custodians within the financial services ecosystem. The New Custodian: Platform, Pioneer, Partner is informed by senior ACSA ...

Record investment into AI forcing largest innovation buildout ever: BlackRock

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... eventual revenue from that investment comes later," the report said. "The buildout is just starting and concentrated in the tech sector, for now, but we see productivity and revenue gains spreading across the economy. "The gap in time between capex needs ...

Shield proposes to liquidate equities to pay investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
The Shield Master Fund (SMF) is expected to make a distribution to victims by selling a large portion of its listed equities portfolio, according to liquidators Alvarez & Marsal. Keystone Asset Management, which is the responsible entity for the Shield ...

Life insurers to up external fund manager mandates: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
A large proportion of investment teams within life insurance firms say they will increase their reliance on external fund managers over the next five years, a new survey finds. Funds management technology platform Clearwater Analytics canvassed 150 ...

Rest launches clearing house solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... in the new year. Rest Pay was developed in partnership with the fund's current administrator MUFG Retirement Solutions and tech company Wrkr. The new Payday Super requirements will commence on 1 July 2026, requiring employers to pay their employees' ...