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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 ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
As interest rates continue to fall, small caps are poised to reap from the current macroeconomic backdrop and investors increasing their appetite for more risk, a fund manager says. Janus Henderson portfolio manager Nick Sheridan predicts the tide is ...

Dai-ichi Life acquires 15% of M&G

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Dai-ichi Life HD, which owns TAL, will acquire 15% of British asset manager M&G, with the two establishing a long-term strategic partnership across asset management and life insurance. Under the partnership, which is expected to produce at least US$6 ...

Franklin Templeton, Pendal funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... Incepted on 22 August 1996, the fund aimed to provide a return before fees, costs and taxes that exceeds the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan (Standard) Index (Net Dividends) in AUD over the medium to long term. It invested in companies operating in countries such ...

J.P. MAM slashes recession probability to 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... Day, its overall equity position has moved from overweight to neutral, maintaining small, long positions in Europe, UK and Japan - effectively diversifying out of US equities. US equities have also been slapped with a "flat" rating to a "slightly negative". ...

ETF industry growth streak continues, shatters net inflow records

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
The ETF industry has stretched its growth streak to 71 months of consecutive net inflows, and amassed a record US$620.5 billion year-to-date, according to consultancy firm ETFGI. These record-breaking net inflows year-to-date steamrolled the previous ...

'Lunatic' tariffs can directly hit Australia: Academics

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... of Economic Complexity database. China's exports are spread out across the rest of the world, with Hong Kong (7.6%), Japan (4.9%), Germany (4.4%) South Korea (4.3%), Vietnam (4%) and India (3.5%) making up its next-biggest export destinations. Several ...

PGIM Real Estate names deputy head of APAC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
PGIM Real Estate has promoted its head of Japan to the newly created role of deputy head of Asia Pacific, effective immediately. David Fassbender continues his 23-year tenure with the appointment. As deputy head of Asia Pacific, Fassbender will report ...

Investors brace as US unleashes tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... what he believes are barriers to US exports. Australia has been hit with a 10% tariff, while the likes of China (34%), Japan (24%) and Europe (20%) have been dealt a larger blow. "It's all a bit confusing given the way it's been presented," AMP ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
China is now better equipped to absorb US trade tariffs compared to 2018-19 and is poised for growth that can benefit Australia despite the unrelenting trade war, according to experts who spoke at the China Investor Symposium. Amid the spate of universal ...