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Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... the currency interventions in the Japanese yen. "Positioning in the Japanese yen remains a modest underweight. There was a sharp rebound in demand for equities in Australia and New Zealand, where currency positioning is also extended in the Australian ...

ASIC welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
The Treasurer has appointed a new chair to replace Joe Longo who will serve a period of five years starting on June 1. Sarah Court has been promoted to the top role after serving as deputy chair. Treasurer Jim Chlamer said the Albanese Government will ...

Hiring for risk, member services to take off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... belt tightening to one of greater optimism and opportunity. As for where those opportunities lie, Kaizen said there was a sharp uptick at the end of 2025 in the number of wrap platforms hiring for risk roles. This came in the wake of the Shield and First ...

Gold soars over Trump's Greenland rhetoric

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... "However, with gold being one of the best performing assets of the past 12 months, a true, tail-risk scenario could trigger sharp pullbacks as investors liquidate portfolios and return to cash," he said. "We would view any such dislocations as a buying ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... customise that and be specific around what they're looking for and build a mandate that probably is priced reasonably sharp, and to their requirements," he said. The use and influence of asset consultant among licensees is another growing trend. ...

Study reveals who bares brunt of US tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Contrary to US government rhetoric, the cost of US import tariffs is not borne by foreign exporters, according to new research from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The report revealed that instead, they hit the American economy itself. The ...

ETF investors bet on global diversification, FX hedging

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... momentum faded and risk appetite deteriorated into year-end. "Bitcoin and Ethereum both experienced heightened volatility, with sharp intramonth drawdowns exposing the market's sensitivity to liquidity and positioning. Smaller tokens and high-beta ...

Forrests' donation crowns WA as most generous state: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
Andrew and Nicola Forrest's gifting of $5 billion worth of Fortescue shares to the Minderoo Foundation has crowned Western Australia the most generous state in the country, a new analysis by KPMG reveals. KPMG modelling of 2023 financial year Australian ...

Australia evades tariff shocks, CPI to surge in 2026: UN

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... disturbances, including abrupt shifts in consumption patterns during the pandemic, widespread supply-chain bottlenecks and sharp increases in energy and food prices. "The extent to which these global shocks were translated into domestic price pressures ...

Saudi Arabia opens access for foreign investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... of the third quarter of 2025, foreign ownership in the capital market exceeded SAR$590 billion ($234bn), the CMA noted, a sharp increase from the SAR$498 billion ($198bn) at the end of 2024. These approved amendments also align with the CMA's gradual ...