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Geopolitics, private credit force insurers to 'shift gears': Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... under their risk budgets, nearly half plan to increase portfolio risk in the year ahead. "This trend reflects a cautious optimism and a willingness to explore new avenues for growth, even as market volatility and regulatory pressures persist." Additionally ...

Pinnacle FUM soars, highlights 'tumultuous' year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... conditions and sentiment. "We are, however, confident that our business is in excellent shape and there is cause for optimism for what lies ahead," he said.

Investors 'ignoring' volatility: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... detached from economic reality and history. Companies have become skilled at offsetting current bad news with future optimism. Conlon said the market's "fixation" on revenue growth and momentum has left opportunities in more "mundane" sectors like energy ...

L1 Capital, Platinum seal merger deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... Peters, the prevailing sentiment of discussions the group has had with existing shareholders on the merger has been one of optimism, saying they are looking forward to "where we come out post-completion." However, Landau said L1's discussions with ...

Improved economy not a guarantee of business success

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... from more than 60 chief financial officers across Australia, with the latest findings representing the highest level of optimism in the Australian economy since the end of 2022. Simultaneously, net optimism about business prospect has plunged 16% since ...

Managed fund inflows jump over 20x: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... Trump tariff fallout. Investor sentiment in Australia, nevertheless, underwent extraordinary shifts. Calastone said that optimism surged in January following US president Donald Trump's election victory, but confidence waned in February as the glow of ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... Index since the start of 2025. Challenger is the only exception and outperformer. Ler said this likely reflects investor optimism on the potential for improved margins. Meanwhile, GQG Partners is broadly tracking the index, while others are underperforming ...

Retirement confidence highest since 2020: SSGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... their retirement, with levels reaching a five-year high. Among the 606 Australians surveyed, a third (33%) expressed optimism about being financially prepared for retirement by their planned retirement age (66), a notable increase from 24% in August ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... recent years, the rise of markets like India. This year, a rebound in Chinese stocks, perhaps driven by policy actions and optimism about DeepSeek," he said. "In Europe, positive equity market performance may have been driven by a sense among some investors ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... (-0.4%)," the note said. "While domestic macro challenges and external geopolitical uncertainties remain unsettled, market optimism has clearly risen on the back of Chinese AI developments. As the February rally wasn't a broad-based one, fundamental ...