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Centuria grows agriculture portfolio to $1.3bn with acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... a deliberate strategy to diversify into high conviction alternative real estate sectors, which we commenced in the post-COVID period and have subsequently scaled beyond $1 billion of AUM." APIF assets are located throughout New South Wales, Victoria ...

Diverged focus for HNWs presents adviser opportunity: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... especially in April 2025. Average concern levels spiked to 7.9 out of 10 in April, following new US tariffs - higher than the COVID peak (7.2). Despite this, investors remained disciplined, with two-thirds of HNWs making no major adjustments - sending ...

Equip Super searches for new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... Equip chair Michael Cameron said. "He has also provided steadfast leadership through considerable change, including the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing regulatory demands, and ongoing global market volatility." Cameron also oversaw successor fund transfers ...

NZ Super delivers 11.84%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... performance of global markets over the past 20 years - despite two once-in-a-generation crises in the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19."

Private and public markets almost interchangeable: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... credit] growth has been compounded each time that we've seen volatility in the public market, whether it's during COVID [or other shocking events], when interest rates were sharply higher, private credit stepped in and has proven itself as the ...

Australian economy 'stronger than expected'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... downgraded its medium-term outlook for productivity from 1% annual growth to 0.7% - the first time it has done so since COVID. Treasurer Jim Chalmers recently called it the most serious economic challenge facing the economy, however we have yet to get ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... since readjusting. "EM policy making has generally been orthodox relative to DM - the differing monetary response to post COVID "transitory" inflation is a case in point. The fiscal has also tended to be more constrained." Kent also points to EM indices ...

IFM Investors enters student accommodation arena

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... asset is performing with high occupancy and has demonstrated strong resilience, even during challenging periods such as the COVID-19 pandemic. "This project is a clear demonstration of InfraRed's value add approach to delivering infrastructure."

Institutional investors show signs uncertainty has peaked: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... The State Street Risk Appetite rose to 0.54 at the end of July, marking the highest reading since November 2020, the month COVID vaccines were discovered, the research found. State Street Markets head of macro research Michael Metcalfe said despite numerous ...

Betashares launches equity high yield ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... chief executive Alex Vynokur said. "Right now, the ASX dividend yield and RBA cash rate are both below 4%. Outside of the COVID dip, these are market conditions we have not seen at any other time in the last 50 years. This has serious implications for ...