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Alternatives high on the radar to escape Trump's tariffs: Fidante

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... expect them to fall and 26% believe things will remain relatively unchanged. However, since the survey was conducted in April, global markets have shown signs of rebounds, with indices such as the Nasdaq now trading above pre-announcement levels. Yet ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... a spectacular turnaround from the extreme volatility and negative returns that rattled most developed equity markets in April. But uncertainty still looms large. UniSuper head of fixed interest David Colosimo says that just one Truth Social post from ...

Touchstone closes flagship fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... nearly a decade after it launched. The Touchstone Index Unaware Fund shuttered in May, having been in operation since 4 April 2016. The fund aimed to outperform the return of the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index by 2% p.a. over a rolling five-year period ...

Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... Raf Choudhury to the role of chief investment officer. Choudhury was with SSGA for more than 17 years before leaving in April 2022 to work at Aberdeen as an investment director. In the new role, he will oversee Superhero's $3.2 billion in funds under ...

Iress completes sale of super business

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... expansion in Australia, which secured a mandate to administer Diversa Trustees' $7 billion master trust business in April, and made several key appointments earlier in the year.

Centuria divests three industrial assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... Hill Rd Stapylton for $40 million, 14% above its prior book value. Centuria acquired the asset in 2016 for $23 million. In April Centuria exchanged contracts with a private investment company for 121 Evans Road, Salisbury for $10.45 million at around ...

Franklin Templeton, Pendal funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... the near term. The ClearBridge RARE Emerging Markets Fund launched on 15 August 2008. It had $7.4 million at the end of April, according to Rainmaker Information. The fund returned 7.04% p.a. for the past year and 2.46% p.a. over the decade. It aimed ...

Family offices to splash cash in APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... family offices holding an average of 12% in cash or cash equivalents. This was prior to the outbreak of the trade war in April and is 8% higher than the global average. As for whether or not APAC family offices are investing actively or passively, the ...

DeepSeek, Alibaba: Silver linings for emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... Alibaba once dominated the MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index, accounting for more than 8% of the index in 2016. At the end of April, it had a weighting of 6.5%. "What was once a growth darling, was reduced to a real value stock," Whiting told Financial ...

Former director sentenced over 'test' trading accounts

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... months' imprisonment with a non-parole period of two years and six months for three fraud offences. Between January 2015 and April 2021, McCabe misled the investors by providing them with specific funds and access to foreign exchange trading accounts ...