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Investors 'ignoring' volatility: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... economic volatility, and policy uncertainty. Schroders said instead, investors are choosing to look to fundamentals in an environment where stretched valuations, policy divergence and asset price inflation dominate the narrative. Schroders head of multi-asset ...

Australia an 'efficient' market for multinationals

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... and competitive professional services market. "This balanced positioning stems from its well-structured regulatory environment and digital transformation initiatives," Mercator said. "Australia's strong performance makes it an attractive jurisdiction ...

Mercer SmartPath returns exceed 12%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... many different countries, industries and investment types to support portfolio resilience in an uncertain economic environment." In May, the Goldman Sachs & JBWere Superannuation Fund merged into the Mercer Super Trust. The former had 1670 members and ...

MA Financial makes $380m real estate investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... of project we seek to support through our real estate credit strategies. "We're seeing signs of a more constructive environment for real estate development, with improved confidence and stabilising costs. That's opening up more opportunities for private ...

Vanguard, CFS deliver strong FY25 returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... management. "Despite the rebound, uncertainty remains elevated. This highlights the volatile nature of the current market environment. As we anticipated, investment returns are now starting to come back down to more normalised levels but remain higher ...

LGT Crestone promotes investment duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... greater precision and insight to our investment strategy. "Navigating an extremely uncertain market and geopolitical environment (which is still not over!) with discipline, clarity, and an invaluable constraints-based framework. I'm very excited ...

ASIC targets advisers, platforms, research houses in super switching scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... we can hold the lead generators to account, as well as those financial advisers that are involved in providing the environment," Court said. "Ultimately, the financial advisers are the ones that are providing the advice to people to say you should roll ...

CareSuper to undertake cloud transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... is making the move from VMware Cloud on AWS to Microsoft Azure as it looks to create a more modern, cost-efficient environment. CareSuper has mandated Macquarie Cloud Services to migrate and recalibrate its cloud environment into a Managed Edge Azure ...

Lack of confidence in US equities brings investors back home

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... signals an opportunity, and responsibility, for platforms to provide clearer guidance and support in a more uncertain environment." Additionally, the report found that over one in eight online investors hold an investment account on behalf of their children ...

APRA acknowledges need to reduce regulatory burden

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... and regulatory sector, are contributing to our thinking as we develop our priorities for next financial year in an environment of heightened risk."