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Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Findings from World Economic Forum's Executive Opinion Survey suggest Australian business leaders are most concerned with economic risks like recession in the coming years. The Executive Opinion Survey, conducted in partnership with Zurich and Marsh ...

Australia's 'Super 6' embrace total portfolio approach: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Australia's largest six superannuation funds are making waves among the world's top 100 asset owners, the Thinking Ahead Institute's latest report shows, as they increasingly adopt a total portfolio approach (TPA). The Asset Owner 100 report labelled ...

Waning AI optimism, Fed rate cut driving US pullback: UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... more than 60% last year, beating investor expectations, the positivity hasn't been reflected in the share price. A lot of the big investors, including Peter Thiel and SoftBank, have been selling their Nvidia shares. Its shares were down 12.5% in the ...

Betashares launches new Enhanced Credit Income ETF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... income investment solutions range. The ETF is designed to invest in floating-rate subordinated bonds issued by Australia's Big 4 banks, as well as interest-rate hedged investment-grade corporate bonds from Australian companies. ECRD is intended to boost ...

Financially savvy Australians can add $1.2tn to wealth: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... advanced financial capability, it could uplift aggregate household wealth by $1.2 trillion, equal to $122,950 per household. The Big Lift report by Deloitte in collaboration with Iress draws on economic modelling, survey data from 2000 Australians, and ...

Morningstar widens private credit coverage, kicks off with Metrics

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... year. Morningstar director of manager research ratings Matt Olsen said it is starting out in the private credit space with a big name like Metrics Credit Partners and is keen to expand coverage for funds utilised by advisers in the local market. He added ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... Investment Group, which has about $1 billion invested in beef cattle, lamb, cropping and poultry. Founder Garry Edwards is betting big on developing nations' demand for a range of proteins. "Getting protein in a human's diet earlier starts off ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... fund members are reaping artificial intelligence-fuelled returns, 83% of investment teams believe the AI tech bubble is a big concern compared to 46% of global investors. Some 77% think that the S&P500 will finish the year at an all-time. But about half ...

DC funds "leaving member money on the table": Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
In a recent global peer study conducted by the Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI), defined contribution (DC) pension funds said they are concerned some members are not saving enough for retirement. The study found 60% of respondents are concerned their ...

Advisers want to boost client book by 36%: CFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
While financial advisers have marginally increased the number of clients on their books to 112 on average, they aspire to serve 36% more, a new Colonial First State (CFS) survey finds. Advisers on average have increased the number of clients served ...