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APRA sharpens oversight, flags tech and geopolitical risks

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... insurers and banks as geopolitical instability, rapid artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and growing complexity in global markets reshape the financial risk environment. In its latest System Risk Outlook, the prudential regulator said Australia's ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
Emerging markets offer compelling opportunities beyond the booming middle class-consumption narrative, according to investment specialists, who said the asset class has other significant growth opportunities, such as innovation, despite political and ...

Australian Unity hires from HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... to 17 years with HESTA, Andrew Major will join Australian Unity as chief investment officer in the wealth and capital markets division. Major held a number of roles at HESTA over his tenure, including chief risk officer and more recently acting as a ...

Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... we're trying to distil what is noise here and what is signal. We know that geopolitics is becoming more of a factor in markets," she said, pointing to defence and warfare as some key drivers. Then there is the case of the US government. "Unfortunately ...

Federated Hermes launches global equity fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... portfolio manager for the strategy, said heightened macroeconomic volatility continues to create opportunities across global markets. "Our disciplined, risk aware approach aims to identify resilient businesses that look attractive across multiple dimensions ...

Buyer beware: Private credit as a defensive play

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... defining what private credit is. "Private credit is a loan that's not on a bank balance sheet, and not in the bond markets, but a loan on a spectrum of risk, [ranging from] investment-grade replacements to sub-investment grade replacements to opportunistic ...

Emerging markets a 'reasonable' opportunity: Colchester

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
According to Colchester Management senior investment officer Martyn Simpson emerging markets have remained uncorrelated to other risk assets while providing reasonable returns to investors. Speaking at the Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) ...

Investor demand for infrastructure asset mandates intensifies: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... including infrastructure, remained strong among institutional investors in the first quarter of 2026, despite private markets slowdown. According to bfinance's Q1 2026 Manager Intelligence and Market Trends Report, institutional investors are displaying ...

ASFA joins Finance Industry Council of Australia

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... sector as retirement savings pools continue to expand and super funds play an increasingly influential role across capital markets, infrastructure investment and financial systems.

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... market use cases across multiple asset classes, including fixed income, managed funds, repos, structured products, private markets, and more. This includes the pilot of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), which was a three-year program flagged ...