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Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet are all investing in data centres. Data centres are hard tangible assets, and the return profile you make on hard tangible assets is not normally as good as you make on intangibles." What is certain, he noted, is that global ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... consumption. A deterioration in financial market sentiment could lead to tighter financing conditions and greater risk aversion and make firms and households less willing to invest and consume," the Governing Council said. Furthermore, it anticipates ...

AIOFP, FAAA encouraged by first meeting with Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... will understand, will always act in the best interests of consumers and more importantly he will not rely upon others to make a decision." At a separate meeting on Wednesday, FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood and chair David Sharpe said they are "very ...

iCapital hires Insignia exec to open office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... of international assets attributed to Asia-Pacific markets. "Australia is an important strategic market in our mission to make private markets more inclusive," said iCapital's head of international, Marco Bizzozero. The platform allows financial ...

HESTA moves risk chief to advisory role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... strategic expertise has been instrumental in positioning us where we are today, and we're excited about the impact he will make in this new role." For her part,Tagwira said she was thrilled to join HESTA and help manage the ever-evolving risk landscape ...

Australia's largest buyout firm hires from State Street GA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... in individual and retail advised portfolios remains notably lower than in other segments. We see tremendous opportunity to make these investment strategies more accessible through evergreen structures." Central to this strategy will be investor education ...

Syfe plots major Australian expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... said Dhruv Arora, founder and chief executive of Syfe. "This funding enables us to bring better products to market faster, make strategic local hires, and scale our offering to deliver real impact for everyday investors." He added that Australia is a ...

Aged care reforms pushed to November

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... Butler said. "These are once-in-a-generation reforms, which put older Australians at the centre of aged care. "We want to make sure that all operational, digital and legislative pieces are in place before the rollout starts. This brief deferral allows ...

New Forests sees potential in Vietnamese timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
New Forests made its first investment in Vietnam, backing one of the country's top suppliers of lumber and logs. Via the Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), New Forests has invested in Tavico Group. It is the fourth investment made by the fund ...

HESTA turns the lights back on after service shutdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... member updates and improved service integration. This will help us innovate faster to provide more personalised services and make managing super easier...," Blakey said. She also acknowledged that "major changes like this can be challenging," and thanked ...