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Plans for a bolder effort to bolster growth in China has the ASX poised for a positive start.

ASX slips; Perpetual sinks on $500m tax shock

Miners and tech play tug-of-war with ASX. RBA decision day. Iron ore, oil, gold gain. Bitcoin stumbles. Nvidia drags Nasdaq lower. Follow updates here.

  • Timothy Moore, Joshua Peach, Sarah Jones, Cecile Lefort and Alex Gluyas
Maple Brown-Abbott portfolio manager Phillip Hudak named Qualitas as his micro-cap pick for 2025.

Five ASX micro-cap stocks fund managers are buying

A miner, a telco and two technology darlings are among the micro-caps stocks fundies have named for 2025.

  • Joshua Peach
Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

ASX to rise on prospect for bolder China stimulus, Wall St slips

Australian shares are set to open higher. BHP, Rio surge in New York. Iron ore, oil, gold gain. Bitcoin stumbles. Nvidia drags Nasdaq lower.

  • Timothy Moore

Yesterday

GQG chief investment officer Rajiv Jain. The fund manager’s share price is up more than 30 per cent this year despite concerns about its investment in Adani.

GQG’s assets rebound from Adani fallout

The fund manager says its assets jumped $US2 billion last week to $US161.5 billion, despite concerns about its Adani investment. It did, however, terminate its share buyback.

  • Alex Gluyas
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ANZ’s risky new CEO; Assads ‘like mafia’; ‘Shoebox’ fetches $850k

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Platinum Asset Management CEO Jeff Peters in Sydney.

Platinum sinks as Regal takeover hopes dashed

More than $1 billion in outflows in October and November have ended the chances of a higher Platinum bid from the hedge fund giant.

  • Joshua Peach
Roland Houghton was ecstatic when Life360 announced a new revenue stream.

How Milford trebled its money on this ASX tech darling

Fund manager Roland Houghton talks Life360, painful trades, and what he’s expecting for the year ahead.

  • Cecile Lefort
Australian shares are poised to start  the week modestly lower.

ASX flat; Platinum tumbles 14pc; GQG rises 6pc

Shares flat; Regal ceases buyout talks with Platinum; GQG cancels share buyback; ex HSBC wealth and personal banking chief appointed as ANZ CEO. Follow here for more.

  • Joanne Tran, Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Alex Gluyas

This Month

Fund managers say that the so-called Santa rally is expanding into consumer discretionary stocks like retail.

ASX to slip, but investors eye cheery Christmas as Santa rally expands

Despite the optimism from the surge in finance and technology stocks infecting other sectors, the ASX 200 is expected to slip 0.3 per cent on Monday.

  • Joanne Tran
Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

S&P 500 resets record closing high for 57th time

The record run higher in US equities is intact after November’s jobs report reassured investors that the Fed is still on track to cut rates this month.

  • Timothy Moore

Public sector to blame for Australia’s poor productivity

Australia’s economic story has become dominated by public rather than private activity as politicians spend crazy amounts of money to buy votes.

  • Christopher Joye
Local shares are poised to open modestly lower.

ASX slides amid broad sell off; Iluka tumbles 10pc

Shares drop; Iluka wins $400m government loan; APA cheers ‘light’ regime plan; Macquarie cuts Domino’s Pizza; Citi cuts 29Metals. Follow updates here.

  • Timothy Moore, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Joanne Tran

Meet the Australian fundies making a motza from the return of Trump

Bitcoin at $US100,000, stockmarkets setting records as tech and banking soars. These local investors are grabbing every opportunity to make big returns.

  • Joshua Peach
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Synagogue attacked; AusSuper’s $1 trillion woe; Murdoch Christmas bash

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Bank of America forecasts that the S&P 500 will end 2025 at 6666 – a rough 10 per cent advance.

ASX to slip, Wall St edge down with payrolls awaited

Australian shares are set for modest opening losses. November US jobs data in focus. Bitcoin slides below $US100,000.

  • Timothy Moore
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Bitcoin has hit $US100,000. Do we still care?

The cryptocurrency has burst through a historic milestone. But the bulls aren’t bragging, and the bears aren’t finger wagging. So what’s changed?

  • Jonathan Shapiro

This ASX biotech stock could be the next M&A target

Antares’ portfolio manager Andrew Hamilton says a key drug of Immutep has “enormous potential revenue”.

  • Joanne Tran
The bulls are charging into 2025 with plenty of momentum.

Here’s the key ASX sector UBS is targeting in 2025

The ASX 200’s strong rise has been tinged with frustration for many investors because of the banks and miners. UBS is hunting in a different sector in 2025.

  • James Thomson
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Victoria’s asset sale; MinRes’ gag request; Wesfarmers’ rates alert

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Chris Hulls, centre, as Life360 makes its public market debut in New York.

The ASX’s founders are in dump mode

Insiders are cashing out hundreds of millions of dollars of stocks after stellar share price runs. Are they sending a message?

  • Jonathan Shapiro
Local shares are set to open higher, as megacap techs rallied anew. Atlassian and Iren Energy each leapt.

ASX climbs as tech stocks rally; HMC Capital rallies

Shares rise; ASX 200 to hit 8800 next year: AMP. HMC Capital rallies after buying Neoen’s renewable assets for $950 million. Bitcoin surges. Follow updates here.

  • Timothy Moore, Joanne Tran, Cecile Lefort, Joshua Peach and Alex Gluyas
US equities’ dominance forecast to extend into 2025.

ASX to edge up, S&P 500 and Nasdaq lift on techs

Australian shares are set to open modestly higher. The magnificent seven power ahead. Iren surges, Atlassian leaps on Amazon deal. Bitcoin rallies.

  • Timothy Moore
From left: Vihari Ross from Antipodes Partners, Chanel Stuart-Findlay from Plato Investment Management, Julia Weng from Paradice Investment, First Sentier’s Dawn Kanelleas, Airlie’s Emma Fisher, Northcape Capital’s Fleur Wright, Jun Bei Lei from Tribeca Investment Partners, Catherine Allfrey of Wavestone Capital and Armina Rosenberg from Minotaur Capital.

Why Australia’s newest fund may have an edge over rivals

Some of the nation’s best money managers have lined up to drive Future Generation’s latest vehicle, which Geoff Wilson tips could gather billions in assets.

  • Joshua Peach
Nicola Forrest, Jun Bei Liu and Catherine Allfrey.

Forrest-backed all-female fund wants to change a pale, male industry

Nicola Forrest will invest $100 million to seed the first all-female fund in Australia. But one of the star stock pickers says it’s a tough time for fundies.

  • James Thomson
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GDP misses forecasts; Chaos in South Korea; Forrest’s female fund

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