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AUSIEX acquires FIIG

AUSIEX acquires FIIG

Wholesale trading platform AUSIEX has acquired FIIG in a move which it says will expand its products and services.
Concentration of capital within industry funds

Concentration of capital within industry funds

A dearth of advisers and the significant concentration of capital in industry funds is having a significant influence on public markets.
CSLR pays out on firm AFCA expelled in 2021

CSLR pays out on firm AFCA expelled in 2021

The CSLR has paid out on compensation worth $450,000 based on claims made against a company which AFCA expelled in early 2021.
Decline in bond income

Bond income has evaporated. For income-seekers, the solution is nuanced

Patrick Buncsi 5 May 2025 No Comments

While interest in bond markets has been reinvigorated, many income-focused investors feel shortchanged by plummeting cash distributions.

Data Centre Infrastructure

Global X unveils Australia’s first AI infrastructure ETF

Patrick Buncsi 1 May 2025 No Comments

Global X has launched Australia’s first ETF thematic targeting industries aligned to the growth of AI technologies. 

Money bag balanced against home

Unpaid household work affecting women’s careers, mental health

Yasmine Raso 29 April 2025 No Comments

A new Finder report suggested that women still bear the brunt of household duties at the expense of career growth and financial earnings.

Remediation

Mortgage stress drops after first RBA rate cut in February

Yasmine Raso 28 April 2025 No Comments

The latest Roy Morgan data indicates the risk of mortgage stress has declined yet again after the RBA cut interest rates in February.

Funds Management

Volatility impacts Insignia’s FUMA

Mike Taylor 24 April 2025 No Comments

Insignia Financial’s third quarter update has confirmed the FUMA impact of recent US tariff-driven market volatility.

CoreLogic housing affordability

Housing never less affordable

Mike Taylor 24 April 2025 3 Comments

There is a good reason why housing affordability is a top election issue – housing in Australia has rarely been less affordable than now.

Australian mining

Saudi alts manager expands into Australian private credit

Patrick Buncsi 24 April 2025 No Comments

Saudi alts specialist Sidra Capital has launched a new private credit investment fund focused on Australia’s mining and energy sector.


INDUSTRY NEWS

Trump and the great rebalancing

Financial Newswire Contributor 1 May 2025

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Podcast: Chris Wallis believes this volatility is part of a global movement of capital out of an over-invested US, creating opportunity for investors.

Protect their futures. Grow your business. 

Financial Newswire Contributor 1 March 2025

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By combining MLC Life Insurance’s 138-year history with the support of Nippon Life, Acenda will continue to offer competitive and innovative cover.

Duration’s comeback: A better friend for income and credit

Financial Newswire Contributor 8 April 2025

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We think it is time for income and credit investors to accept duration back into the friend circle…

Trade, tariffs, and the market response

Financial Newswire Contributor 21 April 2025

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Global markets have been rattled following proposed tariff implementations. Fidelity experts weigh in across asset classes and lay out their thinking


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Global acquisition

Prime acquires Lincoln Indicators

Mike Taylor | 23 April 2025Prime Financial Group has moved to expand its reach into the high net worth wealth segment via the acquisition of LIncoln Indicators.
ECB cuts policy rates

ECB makes sixth successive rate cut – expect more to come

Patrick Buncsi | 23 April 2025Europe's central bank has cut its policy rate for the sixth successive time as Trump's trade policies cast a pall over the continent's revival hopes
Investment confidence

Australian investors fret over Trump’s trade spats, but many hold firm

Patrick Buncsi | 23 April 2025While there is overwhelming unease regarding the US’s trade policies, most Australian investors remain unmoved in their asset allocations.
Mergers and acquisitions

Selfwealth shareholders back Syfe takeover

Staff Writer | 23 April 2025Selfwealth shareholders have voted overwhelmingly to accept the takeover bid from Syfe with the transaction to complete next month.
Figures of old man and woman on top of coins

Challenger firms on 10% NPAT growth

Mike Taylor | 22 April 2025Challenger is firming on its expectation of achieving10% NPAT growth on the back of solid, longer tenor annuities sales.
Global growth slowing

Expect ‘deep cuts’ to global growth: Fitch

Patrick Buncsi | 22 April 2025Fitch Ratings has sharply lowered its forecasts for global growth, as escalating trade tensions weigh down on the growth prospects of the US and China
Tariff impact on emerging markets

After Trump’s tariff pause: Asia to feel most pain, LatAm & CEE to emerge mostly unscathed

Patrick Buncsi | 17 April 2025Emerging markets (EMs) in Asia are set to bear the worst consequences of Trump's tariff policies once they are rebooted in mid-July
Holding firm

Institutional investors hold firm despite heightened geopolitical risks

Patrick Buncsi | 17 April 2025Investors appear to be holding their portfolios steady despite a significant proportion acknowledging mounting geopolitical risks.