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Investors weigh risks amid Venezuelan crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... Venezuela has spent years cut off from capital, expertise and trade. The moment investors believe that wall is coming down, valuations start to reset," Green said. "This is an economy priced for failure but endowed for recovery. When assets have been ...

Change in AI sentiment, credit events could 'derail activity': AustralianSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... of investment strategy John Normand doesn't see it as a bubble for now, as technology returns remain strong and valuations are not extreme by the standard of 1990s bubble. "Tech companies have started to issue debt to finance their capex expansions ...

Super moves: Aware, VFMC, CareSuper, UniSuper, NGS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... worked at Coolabah Capital Investments and BDO, where he advised on mergers and acquisitions, financial modelling and valuations. Finally, UniSuper has named Matt Werakso as head of professional wealth management. Werekso was promoted from state manger ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... AI bubble will persist, but it seems - for now - a bubble is not likely. "The cases for [a bubble] is very special valuations, a handful of companies, a high concentration risk in those companies, a circle of financing going around, media, FOMO, all ...

MSCI launches index combining public and private equity investments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... Private Equity Index measures private equity investments based on MSCI's proprietary dataset of LP-sourced cash flows and valuations from nearly 10,000 private equity funds. Combining the expertise of both indexes, the new methodology is designed to ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... its main concerns in the private credit sector, including the use of terminology, fee and interest disclosures and valuations. On terminology Kirkland said there were "market-wide inconsistencies" that make it difficult for investors to compare the nature ...

Principal rejoins Mercer team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... where she spent five years as a consultant for various corporate clients. Her responsibilities included conducting valuations for defined benefit funds, communicating the financial impact to chief financial officers, recommending appropriate contribution ...

Tech bubble top of mind for super funds in 2026: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... diversification and risk management in the new year," she said. Across the board, institutional investors said high valuations (45%) of tech stocks are a major issue. Some 38% cited volatility as a key risk and 32% worry about the concentration risk ...

Quay Global lists two active ETFs

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... market conditions are supportive of global real estate investments. "As investors we are observing deeply discounted valuations globally and consider them to be markedly disconnected from the sector's robust fundamentals. As such, discounted valuations ...

PE activity to continue momentum in 2026: Corrs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... conservative, with uplifts on exit reinforcing that perception. "But in today's market, those assumptions need to be revisited. Valuations are catching up to market reality, and sale processes are taking longer which in turn allows buyer feedback to ...