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First Mutual unregistered MIS wound up

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026
... $51 million and some $67 million represented as "payments to investors". Much of the gambling took place online, through betting agencies and at the Crown Casino. The receivers also calculated funds were spent on general lifestyle expenditure, payment ...

WT Financial bets on scaling advice practices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026
WT Financial (WTL) is betting on scaling advice practices by consolidating its Hubco strategy, under which it is selling its consumer-facing subsidiaries to its first Hubco investment, Titan Advice Group (TAG). It is divesting from its subsidiaries ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... when the benefits will come or how large the benefits will be," AustralianSuper said. "We do know one thing, however: betting against innovation as an economic and market phenomenon is rarely, if ever, profitable over the long term." Amodei agrees. With ...

Product showcase: Strength amid noise

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... potential political storm that could impact other asset classes. "We're not taking equity positions, and we're not betting on short-term macro moves," Paton says. "The bipartisan commitment to revitalising Middle America - through investment ...

PGIM expands into private credit secondaries

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
PGIM is betting big on private secondaries, as it plans to commit $1 billion over two years to the emerging asset class. PGIM said it plans to combine private credit and private equity secondaries, targeting a market where it expects deal volume to ...

Change in AI sentiment, credit events could 'derail activity': AustralianSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... right now it is hard to predict when the benefits will come or how large they will be. "We do know one thing, however: betting against innovation as an economic and market phenomenon is rarely, if ever, profitable over the long term," Normand said.

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... Investment Group, which has about $1 billion invested in beef cattle, lamb, cropping and poultry. Founder Garry Edwards is betting big on developing nations' demand for a range of proteins. "Getting protein in a human's diet earlier starts off ...

The Big Short's Michael Burry shutters fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... thereafter the movie where he was played by Christian Bale. Burry is reported to have personally pocketed US$100 million from betting against the subprime mortgage market, while Scion Capital made more than US$700 million. Burry shut Scion Capital in ...

RBA on hold but 'not as hawkish as feared'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... underlying inflation in the September quarter was due to temporary factors." Bassanese said the central bank is "effectively betting" that underlying inflation momentum will ease over the December and March quarters. " The RBA could still cut rates next ...

ART raises stake in Tabcorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... listed on the ASX as at 31 December 2024. Gambling stocks have surged in recent years alongside an increase in sports betting. In the seven years to 2022, there was a 57.6% increase in the number of men betting on sports, analysis of the Household, Income ...
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