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Platinum banks on merger positives amid dismal FY25 result

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
With assets and profits down 30% in the year, Platinum Asset Management's hopes of recovery are pinned on the L1 Capital deal and subsequent rebranding to L1 Group. Releasing its final annual results yesterday evening, Platinum Asset Management confirmed ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... cuts. "Duration is overweight relative to past quarters, reflecting an environment where inflation is easing and central banks are expected to pivot." Dahia sees floating rate exposures, particularly in high yield and bank hybrids, being reduced in favour ...

Iress adds AI chief to drive innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... delivering customer experiences through AI for three years. Before AWS, he was a program leader in IT for three of the four major banks in Australia - Westpac, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and NAB between 2008 and 2017. He also brings experience from ...

Betashares adds global bond ETF to lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... efficient after-tax outcomes and smoother cash distribution profiles to Australian investors. The launch comes as central banks around the world have entered a rate-easing cycle, resulting in more interest in cash and fixed income ETFs with net flows ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... extreme market conditions," he says. A bigger role for custodians This is where the story takes an interesting turn. Custody banks-long the quiet achievers of the investment world-are being pulled into the foreground as regulators ramp up scrutiny of ...

Octopus awarded $1bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... platform, including Rest, Hostplus, other international pension funds, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, as well as private banks and wealth managers. Completion of the proposed investment remains subject to the approval of the Foreign Investment ...

Federated Hermes 'not far away' from launching Australian wholesale products

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... added. "... we're talking to the entire ecosystem of the Australian wholesale market, whether they are wealth managers, banks, research houses or platforms. "Coming into a new market we wanted to do it in the right way constructively and thoughtfully." ...

Private debt leads fixed income returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... spreads in March and April of 2025, before swiftly reverting down by June." The report said that while a number of central banks - including the Reserve Bank of Australia - either started or continued to cut cash rates over the past year, leading to ...

MA Financial gives $200m to legal finance platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... also providing a strong credit investment opportunity for our clients." The deal was highly competitive, with three major banks and four institutional credit funds submitting term sheets, highlighting the strength of JustFund's growth trajectory and ...

Northern Trust selected to test tokenised asset uses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... Industry. As part of the new phase, 24 use cases from a diverse range of organisations, ranging from local fintechs to major banks, have been conditionally selected, including the likes of Northern Trust, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ and Westpac. ASIC said ...