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Global X reveals 2025 top performing ETF asset classes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
Global X has revealed that precious metals, copper miners and critical minerals were among the best-performing ETF asset classes in 2025, saying investors gravitated towards real assets amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty, inflation concerns and ...

A new landscape for sustainable investing in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... instruments can keep pace with actual energy consumption, or whether they mask an ongoing reliance on fossil fuels at the grid level," the report identified. Similarly, the report predicts that the AI transition will increase the dissemination of misinformation ...

Fund managers 'remarkably positive' despite headwinds: Frontier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... consultants has become more nuanced. "Managers remain bullish about their own prospects, despite concerns at the industry level; fees remain central in the discussions between asset owners, asset managers and asset consultants; people and processes are ...

China's two speed economies: Which one wins?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... compared to 2024. "There's the two speed economies. One is the old, one is the new. They are both China, from the macro level at the top-down perspective, you see all these problems still exist: the deflation, the (property) bubble burst, the low ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... matrix and who has the skills for the next chapter in the strategic journey of that merged entity," she says. Cleary notes a level of uncertainty when mergers are announced, especially at the non-executive levels, about the future of their positions. ...

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) crossed US$15 trillion in assets under management for the first time in December 2025 and, together with public pension funds (PPFs) and central banks (CBs), now manage US$60 trillion in assets and reserves. Global SWF's ...

Rate hikes expected in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... February 3 meeting," Sycamore said. "The RBA forecasts trimmed-mean inflation to rise 0.8% QoQ in Q4. A print at or below this level would likely keep the cash rate steady at 3.6%, while a reading of 1% or higher could trigger a 25bp hike in February." ...

An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
Fixed income allocations are becoming an increasingly viable and attractive option for investors in 2026, head of investment specialists at Insight Investment April LaRusse told Financial Standard. Providing guidance for the new year, LaRusse offered ...

Change in AI sentiment, credit events could 'derail activity': AustralianSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
AustralianSuper remains cautiously optimistic for global markets over the medium-term but is wary of short-term risks such as credit events and a change in AI sentiment which could derail activity. AustralianSuper head of macroeconomic research David ...

Netwealth to spend $101m compensating First Guardian victims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... and managing director Matt Heine said the decision to remediate members allows the company to move forward. "We know the level of distress the collapse of First Guardian has caused and it was critical to us to provide members with assurance by the end ...