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Product Showcase: Calm in the chaos

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... expensive growth stocks drive index returns, and when company valuations temporarily don't matter. To navigate those times, it relies on a proven system anchored by four investment pillars. First, Fairbrother says they only buy stock on cheap valuations ...

Inflation eases, experts split on next RBA move

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... consumers," Dooley said. "That is the main difficulty facing the RBA. Having already lifted its official interest rate three times this year to 4.35%, the board has to weigh a real risk that inflation becomes entrenched against equally real evidence ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... to make sure we've got good, like-minded lenders alongside us," Cunningham says. While things will still go wrong at times, Jacques says one wants managers who don't just throw their hands up when things go wrong and know how to get your money ...

Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... Geopolitical risks are increasingly encroaching on traditional market cycles, forcing investors to make sense of these "jungle times" where anything goes, according to an economist. Diana Mousina, deputy chief economist at AMP, said the current economic ...

Emerging markets a 'reasonable' opportunity: Colchester

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... over time," he said. "It doesn't mean you get a positive return all the time. I'm not promising that, but at real times, historically, it's tending to do okay." Simpson, however, noted if the Strait of Hormuz stays shut for a long period ...

QIC Ventures helps raise $25m for defence tech company

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... Ventures has led the $25 million raise for homegrown defence technology manufacturer Arkeus, which can detect targets eight times further than competitors. Arkeus is used by the Australian Army and US Department of Defense, also known as the US Department ...

Budget doubles down on housing supply with $2bn infrastructure push

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... Australian National Audit Office launching a performance audit in 2025 amid concerns around project delivery, costs and times. Industry groups have welcomed greater oversight but warned further delays could undermine efforts to increase housing supply ...

Macquarie sells stake in US utility provider

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... both challenges, such as maintaining high service standards during COVID-19 and the hurricanes of 2020 and 2021, and better times such as the growth phase the region has seen over the last few years." BCI executive vice president and global head of infrastructure ...

'Beware the predictions of political experts': UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... Pearce said another lesson, however, is despite the reservations and concerns the world might have with US leadership, in times of a crisis, global capital still flows to the US. "And that's indeed what happened during the height of the recent panic. ...

Technical glitch hits Team Super investment switches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2026
... that while events like these may have a short-term impact, this volatility isn't unexpected and it's been seen many times before. Remember, it was less than a year ago that share markets fell due to the uncertainty around tariffs and have since ...