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Record investment into AI forcing largest innovation buildout ever: BlackRock

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... overweight in its current allocations. The 2026 Global Outlook Pushing Limits report outlined the mega forces moving into the new year, as it identifies that the AI buildout could be unprecedented in both speed and scale but some investors fear a bubble ...

Rest launches clearing house solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... access to more than 300,000 other employers who pay super to a Rest member. It will also launch for new employers in the new year. Rest Pay was developed in partnership with the fund's current administrator MUFG Retirement Solutions and tech company ...

Australia's gender pay gap narrows: WGEA reports

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... improve by taking comprehensive actions based on data and evidence," Wooldridge said. Setting goals for progress in the new year, the report urged employers to look towards ensuring workplace safety, improving gender-balance on boards and dismantling ...

Tech bubble top of mind for super funds in 2026: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... will burst. "With that in mind, almost nine in 10 Australian investors agree markets are due for a correction in the new year. Almost half (47%) predict a market downturn of 10%-20% and 21% predict a correction of more than 20%," the report said. Natixis ...

Quant investing bounces back post Trump whipsaw

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... year. She sees a V-shaped recovery in trends following at the moment and expects the bounce back to continue into the new year. "If you look back at the biggest pullbacks over the last 20 years in this style, the one-year performance post drawdown tends ...

Insignia Financial receives bid from Brookfield

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... after it launched a $2.9 billion takeover offer, that was then rejected by Insignia on 18 December 2024. Kicking off the New Year, Insignia then received another takeover offer on 3 January 2025 from New York-based CC Capital Partners. CC Capital partners ...

Insignia denies yet another takeover bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... board believed the proposed transaction didn't adequately represent fair value to its shareholders. Kicking off the New Year, Insignia then received another takeover offer on 3 January 2025 from New York-based CC Capital Partners. CC Capital partners ...

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Investors have head into the New Year with many of the same concerns they had at the start of 2024, with interest rates and inflation to dominate once again. Last November, RBA governor Michele Bullock indicated the central bank views its settings as ...

Investors should stay the course in 2025: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... markets are currently withstanding, Morningstar portfolio manager Bianca Rose is advising investors to tread into the new year carefully without committing their investments solely to those events. Rose told Financial Standard investors should avoid ...

M&A and IPO the 'gamechangers' for 2025: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Providing an outlook for the new year, Fidelity International portfolio manager Casey McLean said M&A and IPO activities will likely increase, noting there are a list of companies anticipated to make the foray into the public markets across the US and ...