australian equities

Funds management

What were advised investors buying in H1 25?

More than half of the top 20 most popular shares bought by advised investors during the first half of 2025 were ETFs, according to AUSIEX data....

Financial planning

Which licensee has the largest share price growth of FY25?

For the 2025 financial year, all but one listed advice licensee has reported double-digit share price growth – but which licensee has seen the best performance and what a...

Funds management

Aussie investors lean into volatility with $8.6bn managed fund flows

Australian investors have made “extraordinary” flows into managed funds since the start of the year, more than 20 times the same period a year ago. ...

Funds management

Pinnacle’s Macoun backs Metrics’ future with share sale

Pinnacle’s managing director Ian Macoun has offloaded a 1.73 per cent stake in the company, with plans to reinvest the proceeds into funds managed by Metrics Credit Partn...

Financial planning

Advisers favour benefits from equal weighted ETFs

Equal weighted ETFs are gaining ground with financial advisers, according to AUSIEX, as they believe they can bring balance to client portfolios....

Financial planning

Insignia shares’ rollercoaster ride during M&A bidding war

Having peaked at more than 40 per cent growth since the first M&A bid, Insignia Financial shares have returned to earth six months later as the company awaits a final dec...

Financial planning

Which share was the May favourite of advised investors?

Trading platform AUSIEX has shared the most bought individual ASX share by advised investors in May as well as by advised self-managed superannuation funds....

Funds management

Aussie active ETF shifts to international inclusion

An active ETF run by InvestSMART is changing its mandate to include exposure to global equities as it believes growth opportunities have become harder to find in Australi...

Funds management

Aussie ETF investors look onshore amid global volatility

Australian equity ETFs attracted record inflows of $3.2 billion in 1Q25, while heightened volatility led to a decline in flows for global equity ETFs, according to Vangua...

Funds management

Regal Partners digests impact of Opthea failure

The failure of a clinical trial by biotech firm Opthea has caused shares in its backer Regal Partners to decline 52 per cent year-to-date and hit its funds under manageme...

Funds management

ETFs buck January lull with $4.6bn inflows

January saw $4.6 billion in inflows into ETFs, according to Betashares, with four Australian funds seeing the largest monthly inflows. ...

Financial planning

Sequoia gains major shareholder seeking to benefit from M&A

Sequoia has gained a new shareholder after the Australian Wealth Advisers Group took a substantial stake, stating it sees the advice licensee’s shares trading at a deep d...

Financial planning

Could Bravura be a target as PE firms seek tech assets?

Wealth management technology provider Bravura could be the next potential target for private equity firms, with commentators identifying how CEO Andrew Russell has enacte...

Funds management

Tyndall AM welcomes co-portfolio manager

A new co-portfolio manager has joined Tyndall Asset Management to help strengthen the performance of its small companies portfolio. ...

Funds management

Younger generations exhibit caution towards equity markets

KPMG’s analysis has revealed which generation has the highest ownership of shares, with younger generations demonstrating a more cautious approach due to financial stress...