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Msquared Capital secures $150m warehouse facility with Australian bank

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... associated with these types of events. They should be encouraged to ask more questions to appreciate both the risks and whether good managers are stress-testing their business for black swan events, not just for asset preservation events but liquidity ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... less regulatory restrictions. "... we could take some really, really bad stuff in private equity and make it really, really good because we have more control there. Actually having more initial carbon emission exposure in private equity and having a ...

ASIC puts 18 finfluencers on notice amid global campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Eighteen finfluencers have received warnings from ASIC for promoting high-risk products and providing unlicensed financial advice. The warnings were part of a Global Week of Action Against Unlawful Finfluencers, which saw ASIC participate in a coordinated ...

Nuveen reaches $650m in commitments for local RE debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... economic foundations, strict regulatory requirements for banks and the need for more alternative capital sources provides a good foundation for long-term investment in this space, Nuveen said. The strategy also includes waste reduction and energy consumption ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... centres. Data centres are hard tangible assets, and the return profile you make on hard tangible assets is not normally as good as you make on intangibles." What is certain, he noted, is that global small caps are materially underpriced relative to their ...

Top companies, chief executives ranked by fund managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
Extel, formerly Institutional Investor Research, has unveiled its inaugural executive survey, spotlighting Australia and New Zealand's top-ranked companies and chief executives. The survey gathered feedback from over 250 investors, fund managers ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... administration's action around tariffs. "... as far as markets are concerned, a sharp increase in tariffs - it's not good for growth, it's not good for inflation, and it's not good for company earnings," he said. But, he said, the news ...

Iress completes sale of super business

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... business enhances our ability to focus on our high-quality core businesses of wealth and trading and market data where we see good opportunities for organic growth and higher returns for shareholders." The sale of the super business follows Iress' divestment ...

Allan Gray exposes 'hateful eight' bubble threat

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Allan Gray chief investment officer Simon Mawhinney has sounded the alarm that the Australian stock market is dangerously concentrated, with the 'Hateful Eight' companies - the big four banks, Macquarie, Wesfarmers, Goodman Group, and Aristocrat - racking ...

Why emotions, cash derail good investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... Asset Management, is urging clients to stay the course. "Uncertainty generates emotions, and emotions are often the enemy of good investment choices," Ward told the recent J.P. Morgan Asset Management Media Summit in London. Ward, who used to chair the ...