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Monroe Capital sets up shop in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
Monroe Capital will expand its platform to Australia with the appointment of Galen Fu as director, business development. Fu will be based in Sydney and will be responsible for client servicing and capital raising across Australia. Monroe said Fu has ...

ASIC initiates ASX outage probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
ASIC has officially commenced an investigation into the ASX outage that occurred in late December. On 20 December 2024, the ASX experienced a "technical issue" on its CHESS Batch Settlement that disrupted and delayed several days' trade settlements. ...

Coast Advice teams up with New York private investment firm

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Coastal Advice Group has formed a long-term partnership with a New York-based private investment firm that provides growth capital, management resources, and strategic advice. The Australian financial services firm, which has 15 advisers and 2500 clients ...

BlackRock's Chantal Giles expands role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Chantal Giles, head of wealth at BlackRock Australasia, has taken on an additional role within the US$11.5 trillion asset management firm. Effective February 1, 2025, Giles will also head up APAC strategic clients and business development. In her expanded ...

Transfer balance cap to rise on July 1

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
While the official word will come from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in March, the December 2024 inflation figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday confirmed the indexation of the cap. Currently $1.9 million, from ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
The top 10 Australian share funds of 2024 have been revealed, with the reigning champion retaining its crown for a second straight year, according to a Mercer investment survey. The Hyperion Australian Growth Fund claimed the top spot, delivering a ...

AustralianSuper welcomes AI tech competition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... destruction) are all Mag-7 stocks - eight of which are Nvidia alone," Gleeson said. "The US market has become reliant on big tech to drive returns in the last few years. It's perhaps a little early to call an end to the AI market narrative, but investors ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
The global ethics watchdog has issued fresh directives on judging green claims, with the minutiae still in flux in Australia as mandatory reporting begins for large entities and financial firms. Part of a broad crackdown on greenwashing and ESG-related ...

Insignia Financial appoints chief technology officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Insignia Financial has appointed a new chief technology officer, promoting from within. Damien O'Donnell has commenced in the role, replacing acting chief technology officer Frank Lombardo who was in the role for the past six months. O'Donnell brings ...

Depreciating Aussie dollar could prove opportunistic

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... $0.68 to US$1.00 in a lot of their assumptions," Griffin said. He believes companies with offshore operations, such as US tech companies, can capitalise from the stronger US dollar, with the weakened Australian dollar to also boost M&A activities. "For ...