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RBA's Hauser warns super funds of $1tn FX risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... GDP, and an overseas portfolio share approaching three-quarters," he said. "All of this may be great news for Australian dollar volumes. But it also puts us bang at the heart of a quite exceptional period of uncertainty about the future direction of ...

Betashares launches first private credit fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Betashares has launched the first offering from its newly established private capital division, the Betashares Private Capital Cliffwater Private Credit Fund. The unlisted fund provides wholesale investors and financial advisers with cost-effective ...

Loftus Peak to launch hedged Global Disruption active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... capital component of the foreign currency exposure of the fund derived from offshore investments back to the Australian dollar. It will hold the same investments as the Loftus Peak Global Disruption Active ETF, including Amazon, Eli Lilly, Meta, Microsoft ...

Top Australian CIOs revealed

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... equities exposures by funds have also been a strong contributor to total returns, as has the depreciation of the Australian dollar relative to the US dollar," said David Gallagher, executive director of research at Rainmaker Information. "Notwithstanding ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
Custodians are stepping up as regulators target super funds' $3.5 trillion private asset rush. Australia's super funds face mounting scrutiny over their rapid shift into private markets, as concerns grow about transparency, valuations and liquidity ...

Instos turn to risk as volatility lessens: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... Veitmane added that in Asia-Pacific, Australia has captured more inflows into local stocks, bonds, as well as the Australian dollar. "Domestic economic and earnings fundamentals are relatively strong, as labour market continues to show strong signs of ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... banks have been buying aggressively," Tuckwell said. "Retail flows are strong. And gold has nearly doubled in Australian dollar terms since 2023. At these levels, you have to ask: what more can go right?" Tuckwell pointed to signs of profit-taking. US-listed ...

Commodities 'crucial' for portfolio resilience: QIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... "While commodity price movements influence a range of assets, including the equity of commodity companies and the Australian dollar, we view these as inadequate substitutes for a direct allocation to commodity futures," the paper stated. "Unlike other ...

Franklin Templeton brings Lexington Partners PE fund down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... to a diversified private equity portfolio focused on the secondaries market. The new offering invests into an Australian dollar-hedged share class of the Franklin Lexington PE Secondaries Fund (FLEX-I), a sub-fund of the Luxembourg-domiciled Franklin ...

Global X to launch AI infrastructure ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Global X is launching the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure ETF (ASX: AINF), which focuses on companies with exposure to data centres, energy and materials that help facilitate the adoption of AI technologies. Launching on the ASX this month, AINF ...