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The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... table, which charts 17 major asset classes investment returns on an annual basis over the last decade, reveals that there's few reliable themes, except that greater risk tends to be rewarded by greater return. Equity markets, nevertheless, took pole ...

Life insurance premiums edge lower

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
Annual premiums from active life insurance policies fell 1.7% to $16.2 billion in the year to December 2024 - a $300 million decline from the previous year - according to DEXX&R. The market research firm's latest Life Analysis report showed total new ...

Warren Buffett to retire, recommends successor

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... recommendation," Buffett said. However, Buffett flagged that he may still "hang around and could conceivably be useful in a few cases" but Abel will ultimately have the final word in terms of operations, acquisitions and capital deployment and so forth. ...

The top Australian small-cap fund, year after year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... the fund apart isn't just long-term performance, but the rare ability to also outperform in the short term - something few peers manage. Mitchell credited Ophir's consistency to a process that repeatedly identified standout companies early and ...

No US recession priced in yet: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... means that their prices are rising. That's certainly what happened initially after the tariff announcement. But after a few days, that relationship really broke down," he said. "Shares were still falling but bond yields suddenly changed direction ...

Cbus chief investment officer resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... Kristian Fok thanked Chatfield for his many years of service in delivering strong returns for members. "Brett has spent the last few years bolstering the investment senior leadership team, hiring exceptional investment professionals with whole-of-fund ...

Local challenger enters Australia's ETF market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... UK has nearly 30. He said Australia's ETF landscape is "highly concentrated," adding that having an industry dominated by a few players "something we see in other parts of the Australian economy." "This highly concentrated market benefits no one but ...

Australian equity fund manager in a league of its own: Mercer survey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... of this calendar year the fund has also outperformed the falling large and small cap indices. "The volatility of the last few weeks has given us more opportunities to deploy capital, as stocks previously on our watchlist have come much closer to prices ...

MAX Awards 2025 finalists revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... Distribution Team of the Year, Marketing Team of the Year, Podcast of the Year, and PR Company of the Year, just to name a few. The awards will be presented at an event at Ilumina in Sydney on June 5. The winners will be determined by both the votes ...

Corporate fund selects Mercer Super for SFT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
One of the few remaining corporate super funds, the Goldman Sachs & JBWere Superannuation Fund, will be merged into Mercer Super from next month. In September 2024, the trustee for the Goldman Sachs & JBWere Superannuation Fund - BEST Superannuation ...