By Denis Orrock, Chief Strategy Officer, Praemium The stockbroking sector is evolving and new research from Praemium, SIAA and CoreData outlines how firms are positioning themselves to capture growth in the high-net-worth segment. The opportunity in Australian wealth management is substantial and still growing, and few businesses are as well placed to capture
By Gaurav Mehta, Chief Commercial Officer, NOVA CMX The direct point first. From December 2026, US equities will trade almost around the clock, a Nasdaq day stretching to 23 hours, five days a week, on top of a clearing system that has guaranteed overnight trades since late June. The new session lands squarely
Five questions with Liam Stocklinger YPSIAA, Chief Operating Officer, Leeuwin Wealth, Perth 1. How long have you been in the industry? Around nine years now. 2. What inspired you to pursue a career in stockbroking or investment advice, and what do you enjoy most about working in the industry? I started out at
Unlock next-generation, real-time technology to supercharge securities processing By Mack Gill, Head of Securities Processing, FIS Capital Markets Post-trade operations are under pressure. As settlement cycles continue to shorten and asset classes multiply, competition is intensifying among securities processing providers. Whether you’re processing securities, derivatives or digital assets, you must manage the
Why AI doesn’t fix bad data, but you can By James Dickson, Founder and Managing Director, Oceanic Consulting Group (OCG) Data governance has been on the agenda in financial services for a decade, and the industry still hasn’t broken the back of it. With AI arriving, the cost of leaving it unfixed
By Sebastian Mullins, Head of Multi-Asset and Fixed Income at Schroders Australia For decades, investors operated under a comfortable assumption: asset allocation could be largely outsourced to a static formula. By blending growth assets with a fixed sleeve of government bonds, diversification was expected to smooth market turbulence. It was a simple framework,
Provided by Vanguard Investors are naturally drawn to assets that sit outside the traditional portfolio core of shares and bonds. The appeal is understandable. Assets like gold, cryptocurrencies and other alternative investments promise diversification, inflation protection, new sources of return, or a hedge against extreme market events. But the question is not just
By Darin Tyson-Chan, Editor of selfmanagedsuper I’d like to begin my column this month with a correction. The capital gains tax (CGT) discount applying to superannuation funds is 33.33 per cent and not the 50 per cent that once applied to gains for assets held personally. My June column indicated the discount for
