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Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
Markets have all but recovered from when 'Liberation Day' threatened a meltdown, and asset classes of all flavours are pushing to new highs. But with valuations ahead of fundamentals amid uncertainty, fixed income is in focus as investors look ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Global markets are preparing for potential fallout after the US conducted strikes with B-2 Stealth Bombers on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend and has since claimed the attacks "obliterated" Iran's nuclear capabilities. IG market analyst ...

Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
Despite the raging bull market, and lower inflation and unemployment levels, JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon is "cautiously pessimistic" about the US economy in 2025. Dimon said in a CBS interview that geopolitical tensions underpin his stance ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
AMP chief economist Shane Oliver has shared his "worry list" for 2025, outlining the risk of recession, trade wars and geopolitical turmoil. Oliver said just as with 2024, the list of concerns for investors heading into 2025 is long, and "even more ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
The controversial $370 billion pact between the US, Australia, and the UK, or 'AUKUS', is being sold as a boon for the economy and nation-building exercise that will amplify defence capabilities and strengthen regional security. But is it all ...

SEC seeks to shut down $450m Ponzi scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... (US$20,000). To do so, they were encouraged to use their savings, including those held in individual retirement accounts (IRA), or take out lines of credit. Instead of delivering the returns promised, the parties made Ponzi-like payments to investors ...

ISPT issues $1.5bn sustainably linked loan facility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) has issued a $1.5 billion sustainably linked syndicated term loan that is reportedly one of the largest for any Australia real estate fund manager. The facility is evenly split across five and seven-year tenors and ...

Aware, Macquarie partner on green finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... Super portfolio manager, private equity Alex Satchcroft said. "The additional push arising out of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will also fan existing sectorial tailwinds to potentially deliver strong risk-adjusted returns for our members here in ...

ISPT fills newly created head of mandates role, announces departures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
ISPT has appointed Doug Cain as head of mandates, a newly created position, commencing in March. Cain previously served as the head of unlisted property at the Future Fund, where he spearheaded the Australian sovereign wealth fund's global real estate ...

Investors livid over fresh portfolio valuation: Mayfair 101

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
Mayfair 101 says its noteholders have been left devastated by new sales data that suggests the Mission Beach real estate portfolio has increased in value by as much as $170 million. Mayfair 101 purchased the portfolio of 200-plus properties in 2019. ...