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Fidelity names research director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... years as a portfolio manager, Gannamani worked as an analyst covering Australian banking, financials, consumer and retail stocks, while also tracking Indian industrials, utilities and real estate. He began his career at Fidelity as an associate in 2008 ...

No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... it said. Seeing this as an opportunity for active stock picking, BlackRock said it will stay pro-risk and overweight US stocks on the AI theme. To clear the AI buildout finance obstacle long-term financing is needed, the report said. Big holders are ...

Retail investors cautiously confident in 2026: ASA

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... technology fell by 25.4% and healthcare fell by 19.0% amid firmer commodities and a softer US dollar. Overall, material stocks performed the best, surging to 31.71% while healthcare stocks plummeted by 24.91%, making it the weakest performing security. ...

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... and only 15% of the total," the report read. Global SWF also flagged concentration risk in the Magnificent Seven (Mag7) stocks. "Sovereign investors exhibit notable concentration risks. For instance, NBIM and NZ Super, have allocated 11% or more of their ...

Pump and dump conspirators sentenced

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... orders. On 23 July 2024, the four individuals were charged with their roles in a scheme to pump up share prices in Australian stocks before dumping them at inflated prices. They formed a private group on the messaging service Telegram to discuss and ...

Fund managers remain bullish on AI for 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... little corrections along the way, but fundamentally we can see a path to some pretty meaningful upside for a lot of the stocks over the next multi-year period," Moore said. He noted that the November pullback in the sector was a sentiment-driven narrative ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... companies included in our equity portfolio," PME's announcement stated. "We aim for a portfolio with a limited number of stocks, enabling us to better understand our investments and pursue an improved balance between risk, return, and sustainability. ...

Why a single insto client is a massive business risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... of the reasons for that is that size becomes an enemy of performance. As the fund gets bigger, it either has to own more stocks or own larger companies. So, it starts looking a bit more like the index and becomes more generic over time," Entchev said. ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... higher inflation, are two issues which will continue into the new year, along with growing investment into AI. He said tech stocks showed more resilience than markets may have anticipated at the beginning of the year, and investors will be watching to ...

AMP launches new series of funds

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... profitability large-cap companies in developed markets excluding Australia. Emphasising smaller, cheaper and high profitability stocks the fund has outperformed its benchmark by 1.57% p.a. (net of fees). Also available through this series, is the Dimensional ...