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High-risk super options pay off: Morningstar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... report found that Aggressive and Growth peer group averages led the way, returning 5.78% and 4.68% respectively, as equity markets rebounded sharply. The Balanced and Flexible peer group averages also posted solid gains, while Moderate and Conservative ...

Bennelong boutique shuts up shop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... in-house investments, and a weak asset raising environment. However, he added: "There are always cycles and change in equity markets, and we continue to see good opportunities for independent and active boutique fund managers." "This includes managers ...

Investors 'ignoring' volatility: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... imbalances are obvious, with governments showing little intention of aligning spending with tax revenues. While equity markets benefit from their relative size and liquidity, bond markets become volatile. We've seen the gap between earnings yields and ...

Most Hostplus options achieve double-digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... reminder of why a disciplined, long-term strategy remains essential," Sicilia said. "We continued to see growth in equity markets, despite periods of significant volatility, which was matched by strong performance across unlisted asset classes - including ...

Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
While Australian investors breathed a resounding sigh of relief when US President Donald Trump binned section 899 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), local multinationals, however, were lumped with grave uncertainties surrounding the global Pillar ...

TelstraSuper Balanced option makes 9.3%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... interest of members. In a market update reflecting on the month of June, TelstraSuper said major developed foreign equity markets generally experienced positive returns. The MSCI World excluding Australia Index returned 3.8% on a currency hedged basis ...

AustralianSuper's MySuper option returns 9.5%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... significant drivers of returns this year, as AI and technology investments continued a three-year trend of boosting equity markets," AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney said. "We maintained our diversified portfolio while also capitalising ...

Managed fund inflows jump over 20x: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... exceptionalism faded and central banks pushed back against rate-cut expectations. That triggered profit-taking in equity markets and sent bond yields higher, posing a challenge for most managed funds. Australian domiciled equity funds were hit hardest ...

Schroders expands active ETF suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... fees) on an annualised basis since inception in January 2000. "With a strong probability of higher volatility in equity markets in 2025 we are well placed through our combined quantitative and fundamentals approach to generate modest, yet consistent ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... May, staging a spectacular turnaround from the extreme volatility and negative returns that rattled most developed equity markets in April. But uncertainty still looms large. UniSuper head of fixed interest David Colosimo says that just one Truth Social ...