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Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025

As interest rates continue to fall, small caps are poised to reap from the current macroeconomic backdrop and investors increasing their appetite for more risk, a fund manager says. Janus Henderson portfolio manager Nick Sheridan predicts the tide is ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025

The European Central Bank (ECB) lowered its benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points overnight as inflation comes within its target levels. The three key interest rates on the deposit facility, main refinancing operations and the marginal lending ...

AIOFP, FAAA encouraged by first meeting with Mulino

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025

... director Garry Crole and former New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees. "The meeting duration was 63 minutes involving a current staff member and two Treasury advisers with the Minister," Johnston said. "There was obviously never going to be any decisive ...

Up to two million Aussies could face super tax: FSC

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025

... govern in its second term by deciding whether to listen to broad consumer, industry and economists' feedback on how the current design of its superannuation tax is unfair to future generations of Australians," Briggs said. "The superannuation industry ...

Super moves: TCorp, ESSSuper, Funds SA, Team Super

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025

TCorp has promoted Tim Dai to manager of infrastructure, real assets and private markets investments. Dai previously served as a senior associate advising the New South Wales government on complex commercial transactions, leveraging his analytical skills ...

ETF Shares to bolster sales team

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025

Australian exchange-traded fund start-up ETF Shares will accelerate its push into the local market following the appointment of Will Taylor as chief operating officer. Taylor, who landed from Global X, will report to chief executive Cliff Man and oversee ...

Netwealth chair to retire, successor appointed

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025

Netwealth chair Tim Antonie, who's served as chair of the wealth management platform since February 2021, will retire from the board at the end of August. Antonie's successor is a former Future Fund board member who was appointed as an independent non-executive ...

Syfe plots major Australian expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025

Syfe, which recently acquired Selfwealth, has raised more than $80 million to fund its Australian expansion which will focus on the mass affluent market. Syfe has raised $81.5 million (US$53m) in support of its Australian strategy, the bulk of which ...

MP says Coalition will 'fight to the death' over $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025

... issue each day," WAM said. "A lack of indexation on the $3 million means that 8.1 million Australians, or half of all current superannuants, will be captured by 2053 due to the impact from 'bracket creep'." While there is more work to be done, WAM says ...

Stakeholders ask ASIC for tougher private markets regulation

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025

... a surveillance of private credit funds operating in wholesale and retail private markets, aiming to better understand current disclosure, distribution, conflicts of interest, valuation, conduct practices and use of ratings. "This will be supplemented ...

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Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

The Full Federal Court of Australia has criticised regulators for falling back on appeals to re-litigate cases on a different legal basis than the one run at trial.

Evergreen founder exits Ascalon Capital

KARREN VERGARA

Ascalon Capital has bid farewell to Evergreen Consultants' founder Angela Ashton, shortly after acquiring the consulting firm last year.

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA

ASX-listed Powerhouse Ventures has partnered with an unnamed European fund manager that will commit US$50 million to its fledgling Critical Infrastructure Opportunities (CIO) Fund.

KeyInvest unveils new investment platform, awards mandate

MATTHEW WAI

KeyInvest has launched a new investment platform to include a plethora of investment strategies ranging from private credit to global equities.

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