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DeepSeek, Alibaba: Silver linings for emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... it's also done well in the last 18 months is better allocate capital. "Eight months ago, Alibaba delivered about a 9% yield that combined dividends with buybacks. Investors could double their money in about eight years with compounding. It then regained ...

Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... year-on-year, and exceeded US$130 billion ($202bn) in global annualised payments volume, it noted. In APAC, the launch of Airwallex Yield in Australia and Hong Kong as well as the expansion of various startup programs across Australia, Singapore and ...

ASIC takes Block Earner case to High Court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... Block Earner. The Federal Court decision found that a product issued by Block Earner, which allowed consumers to earn fixed yield returns from lending specified crypto-assets, was not a financial product. ASIC said it is seeking to obtain the High Court's ...

J.P. MAM slashes recession probability to 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... potential for slower growth means that the bond market could start to rally from here. In fixed income, we're also long high yield, so we prefer to take some risk in high yield," he said. In essence, Stewart believes it is important now more than ...

Bennelong partners with Allspring for fund launch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... diversification by actively allocating across the global fixed income universe including the investment grade credit and high yield sectors," Sowerby said. "Our flexible, dynamic multi-sector approach is different from strategies with more static allocations ...

Bill Gates to shutter Gates Foundation in 2045

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... Black and Latino students. The foundation is also working with farmers to develop new, more resilient seeds to continue to yield crops as more difficult climate conditions are experienced, and is funding public digital infrastructure to ensue people ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Mercer's annual periodic table, which charts 17 major asset classes investment returns on an annual basis over the last decade, reveals that there's few reliable themes, except that greater risk tends to be rewarded by greater return. Equity ...

Betashares launches fixed income ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Betashares has launched three fixed income ETFs, designed to replicate the characteristics of traditional bonds. The three products - Betashares 2028 Fixed Term Corporate Bond Active ETF (ASX:28BB), 2029 Fixed Term Corporate Bond Active ETF (ASX:29BB) ...

Channel Capital launches Apollo asset-backed credit trust in Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
Channel Capital has launched an open-ended, semi-liquid investment solution providing Australian wholesale investors access to Apollo's asset-backed finance strategies. The strategy benefits from a "flexible" investment mandate and multiple origination ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The Future Fund delivered a 7.9% return for the year to March 31, topping its annual target; though its quarterly performance undershot the benchmark. The sovereign wealth fund returned 1.2% for the March quarter, below the 1.9% target. However, over ...