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No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
The market is ripe for active investing, the BlackRock Investment Institute said in its annual global economy and financial markets outlook report. The inertia of mounting geopolitical tensions and a rapidly unfolding artificial intelligence (AI) buildout ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... effect on the funds management industry, impacting their mandates from super funds, as they already struggle to maintain market share in competition with passive investors. Morningstar's 2025 pulse check on asset managers estimated lumpier growth ...

An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... experts agreed, yield is only the beginning for fixed income allocation returns. In terms of generating alpha within this market, many compelling opportunities are unfolding for 2026. LaRusse indicated that "high yield presents itself as an asset class ...

Investment managers enter 'paradox' in 2026: Deloitte

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... as an enabler of either competitive or cost advantage and a more open regulatory environment," the report said. "These forces are blurring the lines between not only active and passive management, but also those dividing public and private markets. As ...

Record investment into AI forcing largest innovation buildout ever: BlackRock

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... identifies that the AI buildout could be unprecedented in both speed and scale but some investors fear a bubble is forming. Market bubbles, including the dotcom and 1929 bubbles, have arisen in all major times of transformation, and BlackRock believes ...

Largest managers' assets climb 9.4%: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... identified that Japan registered a 9.5% decline in AUM for 2024. Similarly, while the UK was the second largest asset management market in 2019, the findings predict it is likely to rank fourth for the next five years, to then be superseded by France ...

Australian women most likely to retire early

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... responsibilities. For others, the spectre of the Second Glass Ceiling remains." The report said that many of the driving forces behind women leaving the workforce early have persisted. More than a quarter (27%) globally also said other health and wellbeing ...

Rest invests $390m in US REIT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... 20-year periods. "The majority of our two million members are decades from retirement, so we think deeply about the major forces shaping the global economy and society now and into the future. This investment is expected to benefit from one of these ...

ASIC flags firm grip on private and public markets, super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
ASIC is targeting the perfect storm of declining public market listings, booming private markets and the growing influence of superannuation funds as key enforcement priorities over the next four years, insisting that it is not sitting on the sidelines. ...

Invesco sells intelliflo to Carlyle Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... intelliflo will then focus on the UK and Australian markets, while RedBlack will concentrate solely on the financial advice market in the US. Carlyle said it will support the carve-out of both businesses from Invesco and partner with both leadership ...