ASIC death benefits review reveals shameful way funds treat your money when you die
bestnews When all we really judge super funds on are their returns, we get an industry hell-bent on trying to make 10 per cent a year for members then marketing the…
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Michael Hintze, the hedge fund veteran, on the rise of machines, and returns
London | Among the many challenges to making money out of markets right now, one stands out for Michael Hintze. It’s not the Trump administration’s tariff acrobatics. Nor is it…
Di Pilla’s HMC Capital is elbows-first with Healthscope proposal
David Di Pilla’s HMC Capital has lobbed a takeover proposal for the country’s second-largest hospital group Healthscope, after several weeks of legwork that included wedging itself into the target’s $1.6…
Executive changes disrupt big banks as Bank of Queensland sounds out CEO candidates
The only constant is change is a saying drawn from the millennia-old doctrines of Greek philosopher Heraclitus. It could not be more true among the ranks of Australian banking executives…
The market playbooks are being rewritten after just three months
Chuck out the three-month-old 2025 outlook pieces – this year is not following anyone’s playbook. Whether you’re talking bonds, equities, currencies or commodities, investors and central banks’ playbooks missed Donald…
A trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund could be Trump’s grandest plan
With one trading session left of the first quarter of this year, it is safe to conclude the last three months have been nothing short of a train wreck for…
Donald Trump’s tariffs could end in catastrophe so Tony Boyd’s SMSF has cut US exposure and lifted cashed
This probably sounds a little weird, but this self-managed super fund director would like to thank President Donald J. Trump for shaking me out of my complacency about investing in…
Inside Clive Palmer’s one-man war on ASIC
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ASX faces ASIC, Reserve Bank blowtorch over December settlement outage
The country’s sharemarket operator faces an external investigation and stricter oversight as early as Monday as the corporate regulator and central bank step up their inquiries into a major outage…
Westpac chief Anthony Miller plots $3b technology overhaul to slash long-term costs
Westpac chief executive Anthony Miller says an ambitious project to radically reduce the number of technology systems the bank operates will cost around $3 billion over four years but eventually…