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Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... specie transfers, where money is moved between assets without converting them to cash. "So as a perfect example, when the Russia-Ukraine war happened and the markets were down, we were able to readjust some clients' portfolios very quickly," he says. ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... dominate strategic sectors, using economic coercion to achieve its political aims and openly fostering closer ties with Russia, Iran and North Korea," Yeaman said. But geopolitical tensions are not the only issues facing the global economy. Yeaman said ...

Societe Generale fined $3.88m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... suspicious orders were placed during a volatile period in global energy and wheat markets caused by supply issues due to the Russia-Ukrainian war. ASIC said this created "ripe conditions or unscrupulous trading activity" aimed to take advantage of and ...

Old challenges push asset managers to inflection point: Citi

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Asset managers continue to face existential challenges amid the rise of passive funds, fee compression and difficulty in generating alpha, a new report from Citi shows, forcing them to rethink their business models and value propositions in the future. ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... asset owners surveyed, nearly half of which come from Australia and New Zealand, concerns around the status of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, global economic volatility, and US-China relations were also consistently raised. Morningstar said that amid these ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... Russian companies since the invasion of Ukraine. For example, an Active Super Responsible Investment report highlighted 'RUSSIA OUT' as a country exclusion. That report revealed that Active Super held investments in Russian stocks through two ...

Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... the impacts on interest rates and energy prices if that transition isn't well managed," Redican said. "The experience of Russia's invasion of Ukraine flashed a light on what that transition might be. If we don't have a seamless transition, then things ...

Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... And I think that geopolitics is very complicated. It's scary. It's complicated - how we're going to deal with Russia, Iran, North Korea, and ultimately with China," he said. Despite the positives, he admits there is a sense of gloom in the ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... markets because emerging market debt is priced in US dollars," Mousina said. Lastly, a resolution of major conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, and Israel and Hamas, would be "very welcome". "From a markets point of view, global conflicts and the threat ...

Trump's response to global conflict adds uncertainty to private markets: IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
How the Trump administration handles geopolitical conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war and Israeli-Palestinian conflict, will inject uncertainty to private markets, according to IFM Investors' Private Markets Macro Outlook. IFM Investors chief ...