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Bell Financial reports 44% slump in profit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... Bell Financial Group (BFG) saw net profit after tax slump by 44% in its latest performance update, dragged by market volatility impacting the broking business. The group reported NPAT of $9.3 million for its half-year to June 2025 results. The broking ...

High-risk super options pay off: Morningstar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... flows of $27 million and $16 million respectively), as members rotate into lower-risk, ESG-aligned vehicles amid macro volatility. "The relative softer flows into sustainable options are not a rejection of ESG but perhaps a recalibration," Olsen said. ...

Betashares details private markets play, signs first partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... strategies. Our US private credit strategies have also been cycle-tested, producing attractive levels of income with low volatility across a range of different market conditions," Cliffwater founder and chief executive Stephen Nesbitt said. "Our unique ...

Geopolitics, private credit force insurers to 'shift gears': Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... investment objective, the sentiment decreased from 58% last year to 36% in 2025. Subsequently, the importance of profit volatility (23% to 32%) and regulatory capital stability (14% to 24%) has risen, with life insurers particularly attentive to maintaining ...

Overcoming the three-body problem in advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... bits of information per second. However, the conscious brain can only process about 50, and when there's market volatility, rational thinking can often go out the window, and confirmation bias and herding behaviour come to the fore alongside feelings ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... discussion paper raising red flags around valuation practices, liquidity and transparency-especially during market volatility. The subtext is clear: when nearly $1.2 trillion of retirement savings sits in assets that don't trade daily, don't ...

REI Super delivers double-digit returns in FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... and the Conservative (Premium Income) option saw the lowest return of 4.30%. REI Super said despite extreme market volatility, a higher exposure to listed assets across Australian and international shares contributed to the results. The fund has subsequently ...

Prime Super delivers double-digit returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... and execution across both listed and unlisted investment opportunities. "Despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainty and volatility in financial markets, Prime Super's pre-mixed investment options delivered strong results," McQueen said. Prime Super's Alternatives ...

Australian Ethical MySuper returns 10.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
... enhances due diligence and risk management, adding additional protection to the portfolio through periods of market volatility. "It also means we favour future-focused investments that in line with our Ethical Charter seek to do good by people, animals ...

Bennelong launches Allspring Global Income Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... client group Andy Sowerby believes the "dynamic allocation" strategy the fund possesses can navigating through market volatility. "Our flexible, multi-sector approach is different from strategies with more static allocations and fewer exposures, and ...