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FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... fund for 30 years, which McKay says is a top performer, particularly in the last decade, and produces low levels of volatility. "I wouldn't say that the pension funds or Australian superannuation funds don't invest in ag, it's that we haven't ...

New funds distribution firm launches

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... construction priorities - advisers are looking for strategies that can deliver more consistent outcomes and help navigate the volatility in public markets," Coote said. "Our role is to identify, represent, and support high quality investment managers ...

Tech bubble top of mind for super funds in 2026: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... Across the board, institutional investors said high valuations (45%) of tech stocks are a major issue. Some 38% cited volatility as a key risk and 32% worry about the concentration risk of the Magnificent 7. "Even with the reservations, institutions ...

IMF tells Chalmers to curb spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... living at the same time as we modernise Australia's economy to boost living standards. "The best defence against global volatility and the best way to lift wages and living standards over the long term is with a more productive and resilient economy ...

Resilience more important than growth: Arndt

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... low inflation, high growth environments and thus vulnerable to increases in long term inflation levels and inflation volatility," he said. "Ultimately, building resilience will mean different things to different organisations, but in a world that no ...

Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... conflict; more intervention; higher inflation; more divergence; driving of climate change, demography and technology; more volatility and fragility; and more uncertainty. "These identified shifts increase the risk that the institutional backdrop will ...

Passive strategies show 'higher survivorship' over active: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... administration's tariff policies in early 2025, active managers were unable to effectively exploit the accompanying volatility." Active fixed income managers continued to demonstrate value as performance metrics continued to favour active management ...

Half of super investments now offshore: NAB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... commitment to diversification and delivering the best risk-adjusted returns for members." "Funds are responding to market volatility and regulatory change by strengthening their liquidity management and embracing new technologies. "This positions the ...

Sustainable investments jump 49% in two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... the sector has moved from a "niche practice to a systemic consideration." Despite the global economic and political volatility since 2023, asset owners show a renewed effort to anchor finance within the transition to a net-zero economy, the GSIA states ...

Macquarie half-year profit rises to $1.7bn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... maintain a cautious stance with a conservative approach to capital, funding and liquidity. It flagged geopolitical events, volatility, global economic conditions, foreign exchange, and tax uncertainties as the main influences on the short-term outlook. ...