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Listed asset managers trail ASX 200 in 2025: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... the start of 2025. The latest industry pulse noted shares of asset managers are likely to remain volatile, as investor sentiment remains vulnerable to US tariffs and macroeconomic uncertainties. The research estimated modest returns for listed asset ...

Warakirri brings US manager to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... focused on "identifying 'underappreciated growth' - where behavioural biases have created a gap between investor sentiment and improving fundamentals." The fund invests in between 80 and 160 global small cap companies. Since its April 2020 inception ...

Lack of confidence in US equities brings investors back home

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Geopolitical tensions and US trade policy uncertainty have continued to dampen investor sentiment, with many shifting their attention to Australian equities, new research found. According to Investment Trends' 2025 First Half Australia Online Investing ...

Managed fund inflows jump over 20x: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... Marsha Lee noted that it was interesting how relatively insulated Australia was from the Trump tariff fallout. Investor sentiment in Australia, nevertheless, underwent extraordinary shifts. Calastone said that optimism surged in January following US ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
While investor sentiment has improved since Liberation Day, geopolitical and tariff uncertainties will continue to deteriorate fund flows for asset managers, Morningstar predicts. The latest Industry Pulse shows how fund manager flows dwindled in the ...

Insignia lost a suitor, but takeover isn't off the table: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... moderated in recent weeks. The research house noted constructive US-China tariff negotiations have improved investor sentiment, and if that continues, capital markets could return to more benign conditions. "While we can't rule it out, we think it's ...

Global X China Tech ETF in the works

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... moving to scaled commercialisation, Global X added. Global X also noted that despite operational progress, investor sentiment towards China's innovation sectors remains cautious, with broader concerns around growth, regulation, and global positioning ...

Platinum funds merger to go ahead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... around net asset value." In addition, Platinum said its proposal was also in line with industry trends and investor sentiment. "Actively managed exchange traded funds, such as PAXX, have become the clear retail investor preference for all but niche ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... VanEck Asia Pacific chief executive Arian Neiron said the tariff announcement has marked a sudden change in investor sentiment. "It was only a few months ago that American exceptionalism was the topic du jour and the appetite for US assets with a negative ...

Fixed income drives managed fund surge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... of the $13.8 billion that went into North American equities, $9.8 billion went into active equity funds. US investor sentiment may be returning to active equity funds, but investors are wary of the extreme concentration of the stock market, Calastone ...