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US and Aussie shares 'incredibly divergent': UniSuper

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026
... outlooks and pressure on the banking sector, according to UniSuper head of fixed interest David Colosimo. Colosimo said US shares rose more than 5% in May, building on a 10% gain in April, while Australian shares gained less than 1%. "US shares were ...

Vanguard launches three new funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... Australian investors access to US equity markets with the launch of three S&P 500 Index funds. The Vanguard S&P 500 US Shares Index ETF (ASX: V500) is an unhedged ETF; the Vanguard S&P 500 US Shares Index (Hedged) ETF (ASX: V5AH) is a currency-hedged ...

Capital Haus acquires Adelaide advice firm, FUM to exceed $1bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
Capital Haus has acquired Adelaide's advice business Baker Young, with the firm to retain its brand and staff. Baker Young founders Alan Young and David Baker will remain in active advisory roles, as Capital Haus will also move its existing client to ...

US equities not performing as well as they seem: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... share markets appearing to have performed very well over the month of October, the reality is more complex. "In October, US shares were actually quite strong, up about 2.25%. But those numbers, especially in the US, they don't really paint the full ...

ETF Shares awards fund administration mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... index ETF issuer in more than a decade, entering the market with three ETFs on Cboe. BEST, WWW, and HUGE all invest in US shares and charge a management fee of 0.29%. Meanwhile, Apex Group Australia country head Nicholas Bradford said the mandate is ...

Lack of confidence in US equities brings investors back home

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... turning to local fundamentals. Australian equities "hold the strongest net intention to buy, more than double that of US shares" in the first half of 2025, the report states. Investment Trends senior analyst Yiğit Günhan said there is a "recalibration" ...

AMP Super delivers double digit returns in FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... uncertainty around the domestic economy, markets have rebounded strongly over the past few months. "Our overweight to US shares contributed meaningfully to performance in the first part of the year - and we closed that overweight in early February, anticipating ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... that just one Truth Social post from US President Donald Trump could trigger market volatility. Colosimo noted that US shares climbed 6% in May, their strongest month in over a year, after skidding nearly 19% from February highs in April. Meanwhile ...

ETF Shares introduces three ETFs on Cboe

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... concentrated" market. ETFS US Quality ETF (BEST), ETFS US Technology ETF (WWW) and ETFS Magnificent 7+ ETF (HUGE) all invest in US shares and charge a management fee of 0.29%. BEST invests in the largest 100 US stocks based on superior quality characteristics ...

MLC wary of but not opposed to bitcoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... undermines diversification claims,' Farmer said. "By the same token, bitcoin meaningfully outperformed in months where US shares delivered top-quartile performance. Using the same methodology and looking only at months when shares performed best, bitcoin ...
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