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Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... artificial intelligence (AI) are fuelling information warfare amid rising geopolitical tensions, influencing elections and global markets, and threatening critical infrastructure and cybersecurity, Zurich said. Notably, extreme weather events, which ...

Brookfield, GIC seal $4bn National Storage REIT acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
National Storage REIT (NSR) has agreed to the takeover bid by Brookfield Asset Management and GIC for $2.86 cash per stapled security. NSR has entered a scheme implementation deed under which the two firms will acquire 100% of the self-storage provider. ...

Australia's 'Super 6' embrace total portfolio approach: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... UniSuper, Hostplus and Cbus are collectively known as the "Super 6". Since 2017, AustralianSuper has leaped 17 spots forward in global rankings, which was the same rate as BlackRock and ahead of the Mubadala Investment Company's 15 spots. At the end ...

UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... delivering 20.5% p.a. Across all asset classes, the top-performing product over the 12-month period was the Betashares Global Gold Miners Currency Hedged ETF, delivering a whopping 105.3% p.a. The analysis found that gold mining-focused ETFs were the ...

Stafford Capital establishes $1.8bn forestry fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Stafford Capital Partners has established a $1.8 billion (US$1.2bn) continuation vehicle, the Stafford International Timberland Continuation Fund. The continuation fund is a roll-up of three of Stafford's existing core timberland funds - Stafford International ...

APAC investors push for 24-hour trading in US markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... markets switching to a 24x5 trading schedule, allowing investors to trade 24 hours a day, five days a week. The paper said global demand, especially from APAC investors, and regulatory permissibility are key drivers for the move to 24x5 equity trading. ...

Morningstar moves to pay-for-play model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Morningstar will offer issuer-initiated ratings in Australia starting June 2026, under which fund managers and financial product issuers will pay a fee to the research house for a rating. Morningstar said this is consistent with the prevailing market ...

MSCI launches index combining public and private equity investments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... provide transparency across the public equity universe and the modelled private equity exposures in a singular, consistent global equity framework, MSCI said. The MSCI All Country Public + Private Equity Index has a target allocation to private equity ...

Women in Super announces new board line-up

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... industry engagement. First up is Carla De Campo, executive director of public affairs at IFM Investors where she leads global media, government, and stakeholder relations. At the industry fund-owned global asset manager, she helps shape projects that ...

TelstraSuper exec joins CFA Society board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... to championing ethics, lifelong learning, and professional excellence. I'm energised by the opportunity to bring my global experience and understanding of Australia's investment landscape to elevate initiatives that strengthen our community ...