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Gold soars over Trump's Greenland rhetoric

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... macro conditions under which gold has historically added value - policy uncertainty, institutional strain, and geopolitical risk - remain in place," Bance said. "From an asset-allocation perspective, we favour gold while maintaining an underweight stance ...

Investors weigh risks amid Venezuelan crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
Oil prices have seen volatility globally after the US bombed Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela holds the world's largest proven oil reserves, estimated at more than 300 billion barrels, alongside substantial deposits of gold ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... theme in 2025 was the impact of US President Donald Trump's trade measures. Markets were worried about elevated geopolitical risk. "Markets were also worried that inflation would be sticky, and that has turned out to be quite true and bond yields have ...

Tech bubble top of mind for super funds in 2026: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Superannuation funds are more worried about the technology bubble than geopolitical risks for the first time in five years, a new institutional investor survey reveals. The 2026 Institutional Investor Outlook published by Natixis IM and CoreData found ...

Zombie companies on the ASX are dying out

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... rates and increased consumer sentiment. However, she noted that this improvement remains delicate with ongoing geopolitical risk remaining a threat to global markets. "Australia should not rest on its laurels as we could see the levels of zombies return ...

Geopolitics, AI tests prudential regulation: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... intelligence (AI) are creating "unacceptable prudential risks" for APRA. APRA member Therese McCarthy Hockey said geopolitical risk has become a "risk accelerant" that the regulator is trying to keep on top of and expects boards to also be thinking about. ...

Geopolitical risks to drive infra investments: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... this predicted increase are returns and risk management, with investors looking to private markets to balance geopolitical risk and macroeconomic volatility. Some 47% of investors referenced diversification, inflation hedging and resilience as their ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... recovery in sentiment post the bond market conniptions of 'Liberation Day.' "Portfolio resilience and geopolitical risk are very big themes for us, and I think they are undoubtedly heightened at this juncture," he says. "A lot of people are talking ...

Chalmers calls for solutions, not problems

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... technology, climate change and the net zero transformation, rising demand for care and support services, and increased geopolitical risk and fragmentation. "Slow productivity growth would make it more difficult to maintain a sustainable budget position ...

Investors 'ignoring' volatility: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... outlook has said investors are suffering from "volatility fatigue" as they are increasingly ignoring the ongoing geopolitical risk, economic volatility, and policy uncertainty. Schroders said instead, investors are choosing to look to fundamentals in ...