Macroscope: How DeepSeek might dethrone the dollar

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Last week, DeepSeek, a China-made artificial intelligence (AI) model shook the tech world, bringing a new AI chatbot to market at a fraction of the price of other key global... Read more continue reading

Nanuk strengthens team to meet growing demand

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Nanuk Asset Management (Nanuk), a specialist global equity manager, has appointed Marco Lo Blanco as Portfolio Manager and Mark Jordan as Senior Business Development Manager to support the firm’s continued... Read more continue reading

VanEck Australia gears up for growth with new hires

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Following a record-breaking year of growth, VanEck is expanding its Australian team to support this impressive momentum into 2025. The firm is expanding its Sydney office, introducing three new strategic... Read more continue reading

Activam Group reports strong year-end performance across SMA portfolios

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Activam Group continues to deliver strong performance across its Multi-Asset Series SMA Portfolios, with impressive results for the past calendar year – to 31 December 2024. The Balanced Portfolio achieved... Read more continue reading

National property listings off to a strong start – new listings up by 18.1% compared to January 2024

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Total listings According to data released by SQM Research, total nationwide residential property listings increased by 4.5% over the month of January 2025, reaching 243,642 listed properties. This marks a... Read more continue reading

Viola Private Wealth welcomes family office wealth adviser Angus Mann

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Viola Private Wealth has appointed Angus Mann as a financial adviser, further strengthening the firm’s commitment to delivering bespoke, client-first wealth management solutions. Mann brings a distinguished 17-year career in... Read more continue reading

Indicative Non-Binding Proposal received from Brookfield

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Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX: IFL) has received a confidential, non-binding and indicative proposal from Brookfield Capital Partners (UK) Limited (“Brookfield”) to acquire all of the shares in Insignia Financial by... Read more continue reading

More Trump tariffs (and deals) – implications for investors and Australia

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Key points US President Trump has announced tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China and is threatening more tariffs. The one-month delay to tariffs with Canada & Mexico is a sign... Read more continue reading

Career changers to play key role in the next generation of financial advisers

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The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) has renewed efforts to attract professionals from diverse industries to consider careers in financial advice. The push is part of the FAAA’s recently-launched... Read more continue reading

Warakirri announces distribution team appointment

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Warakirri Asset Management has appointed Trent Faehndrich as Regional Manager responsible for expanding Warakirri’s relationships in the Family Office, High Net Worth (HNW) and Retail Advisory markets in New South... Read more continue reading