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Market Wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2005

The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a surge in oil and precious metal prices should help offset weakness in base metals. However, with a large volume of stock-specific news due, investors are likely to focus on that for the direction ...

Poor governance high returns: SBS

A previously unreleased research report by the Sydney Business School has revealed that investing in companies characterised by 'poor governance' may reward investors more than investing in companies with so-called good corporate governance practices. ...

Pension funds killing GM

Pension fund and health care costs for General Motors (GM) in the US add $A5,000 to the cost of each car, almost sealing the fate of the giant car maker. After earlier reports by Financial Standard that the pension fund burden for GM is one of the factors ...

Insider trading fears undermining investor confidence

A report commissioned by institutional investors has revealed too many company directors are trading during 'black-out' periods or are failing to tell the market when they are trading their own company shares. The report was sponsored by BT Governance ...

ASIC complaint is minor: Health Super

Health Super, responding to an ASIC direction to improve insurance disclosure, says the areas requiring improvement are minor and have caused no detriment to members. But Health Super have said are, and will fully, co-operate with ASIC. In a statement ...

Daily Economic Update

US economic releases overnight portend continued improvement in industrial production but the housing sector is starting to weaken. US industrial production increased by a slower-than-expected 0.9 per cent in October, partially reversing the previous ...

Market wrap

The Australian share market is expected to open firmer as a surge in precious metal prices and continued strength in base metals are both expected to underpin the resources sector. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Advisers should provide advice for philanthropy too

Financial planners should take a leading role in giving clients good advice not just with their finances but with their philanthropic needs. At the Financial Planning Association (FPA) annual conference today, keynote speaker David Gonski, chairman ...

Market wrap

AAP | THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2005

The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a softer US market and benign base metal prices weigh on the overall bourse. However, precious metal and oil prices both climbed sharply overnight and this could provide support to the domestic ...

Mishandled mandate transitions can cost 3 per cent: State Street

The surge in multi-manager portfolios and strategic rebalancing means managing mandate transitions efficiently is more important than ever. Nick Bonn, executive vice president and head of securities trading for State Street's Global Markets group in ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

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Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

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Digital assets and where they stand in 2026

So far in 2026 digital assets have captured the headlines largely for the wrong reasons, but that doesn't tell the full story.

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Rethinking default design in a changing market environment

The evolution underway in the US DC system highlights the value of periodically reassessing default design assumptions.

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Since becoming chief executive, Blake Briggs has renewed the Financial Services Council's influence, expanded the membership base, and strengthened its policy and advocacy credentials. Karren Vergara writes.

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