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Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) in credit markets, experts say the scale is greater than many may realise. In a statement to Financial Standard, Ninety One's portfolio manager and co-head developed markets specialist credit Darpan ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" carbon emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Latest research by World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has found that top technology companies including Meta, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft lack in mobilising low-carbon investments through capital expenditure and R&D, even though they have an emissions ...

Lazard sets up new chief investment role

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... portfolio management. Our opportunity now is to harness that expertise even more effectively across our platform to deliver alpha for our clients - elevating our best ideas and sharpening our processes across discretionary and systematic portfolios," ...

An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... ahead," she said. Both 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 ...

Why a single insto client is a massive business risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... ones that are most representative of the index," he said. "They end up buying those large cap companies, and then their alpha shrinks, because if you look more like the index, you can't generate alpha. That's a pretty common path for fund managers." ...

AMP launches new series of funds

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... investors' choices in how they access our investment expertise. And we always start with client need." The SouthPeak Alternative Alpha Fund is also available in the platform. The fund maintains a low correlation to traditional asset classes like ...

Fidelity launches research-driven global equities fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... driver of both risk and return. "With its low correlation to standard index funds, it provides an alternative source of alpha and a compelling option for those seeking both cost efficiency and the opportunity for enhanced returns," Glazier said. Fidelity ...

AusSuper exec finds new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... Investments as head of Australian macro-fixed income, leading the team responsible for interest rate, inflation, and currency alpha strategies, while actively contributing to credit strategies for Australian fixed income funds. Prior to that, he worked ...

Resilience more important than growth: Arndt

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... capital, low and stable interest rates, 60-40 portfolios," Arndt said. "For decades, investors have been conditioned to chase alpha - outperformance against the market - when constructing investment portfolios through complexity, leverage or concentration. ...

Ten Cap launches first active ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... first active ETF on the ASX, to be available to investors from November 24. The ETF will be based on the firm's existing Alpha Plus Fund, a long-short equity only strategy in Australia. Ten Cap co-founder and lead portfolio manager Jun Bei Liu said it ...