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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 ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... which then forms part of the unit price." The result is a system still heavily reliant on trust. When the music stops The COVID-19 early release scheme created a liquidity event many long-term asset owners hadn't modelled. What had once been considered ...

AI, corporate tax, skilled workers key to productivity: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... growth, for example, has averaged just below 0.4% per year since 2015, compared to the 60-year average of 1.6% p.a. The COVID-19 pandemic was one deterrent in recent years, along with systemic factors that slowed productivity in the lead up to the pandemic. ...

Lack of confidence in US equities brings investors back home

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... in May 2025, largely driven by those seeking to "buy the dip". New investor participation has, however, slowed to a post-COVID low of 52,000, accounting for 4% of the active base. "We're seeing a more conviction-driven online investor base take shape," ...

Local assets help deliver 12% for ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... contribution to returns was also notable, thanks to investments in Australian airports, with valuations reverting to pre-COVID levels over the course of the year. Of the $33.6 billion invested in infrastructure, 6% or nearly $18 billion is in domestic ...

Regal Partners adds to stable, plans hotels strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... opportunities across the ANZ hotel accommodation sector." "Following a period of significant price dislocation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and broader economic slowdown, we believe the Australian hotel sector now offers investors the unique ...

Managed fund inflows jump over 20x: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... to be regaining their footing after extended and unusual periods of high correlation between bonds and stocks due to post-Covid stimulus and low rates. With bond yields normalising, offering diversification benefits, we could see 60/40 funds re-emerge ...

Old challenges push asset managers to inflection point: Citi

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... of top-line growth for half of asset managers. Almost half said alpha generation is difficult given unfamiliar risks from Covid-19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the spike in inflation. "As if that were not enough, new external factors have emerged ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... gratification" in the grind for productivity growth, just as budget reform remains a "hard and contested" arena. He noted that during COVID, government spending was almost a third of our economy, which he said was brought down to a quarter - but has ...