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Russell Investments wins two mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... today's and tomorrow's ratepayers," he said. Russell Investments and Invest Blue recently launched the Cornerstone Private Markets Managed Portfolio, offering advised clients exposure to private assets. The Cornerstone Private Markets Managed Portfolio ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... Policy Board in its decision today balances the risks to inflation and growth while recognising the uncertainty in global markets. "The bank's measured statement will temper the whiplash sentiment in markets, following recent higher-than-expected consumer ...

Prime Super awards fixed income mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... outperform the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index hedged to the AUD, blending risks across global credit, rates, and FX markets to select top government and credit bonds. MFS Investment Management senior managing director and head of Australia and New ...

NAB Private Wealth, JBWere names CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... following four years with the fund. She was initially appointed as head of infrastructure and then promoted to head of private markets. She was named deputy chief investment officer in September 2023 amid Cbus making a raft of leadership changes that ...

Boman Group scores licence to expand China investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... will allow its subsidiary Boman Asset Management to invest in a wide range of renminbi-denominated assets in secondary markets, including listed shares, bonds, mutual funds, futures and options. The wealth manager said this supports the firm's broader ...

ASIC releases legal obligations for private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... the broader funds management sector," ASIC said. ASIC flagged the release of the catalogue in its roadmap for capital markets released in November. At the same time, it also flagged it will refresh funds management regulatory guidance on a targeted basis ...

AMP launches new series of funds

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... Profitability Fund, which delivers systematic exposure to two-thirds of the highest profitability large-cap companies in developed markets excluding Australia. Emphasising smaller, cheaper and high profitability stocks the fund has outperformed its benchmark ...

Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... 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 were ranked ...

UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... international large cap (19% p.a.), growth funds (11.6% p.a.) and Australian income-focused funds (11.3% p.a.). The UBS Emerging Markets Equity Fund was the top performer with 36.8% p.a. The RQI Investors Emerging Markets Fund - Class A's 28.4% p.a. ...

APAC investors push for 24-hour trading in US markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
A new whitepaper by DTCC explores the implications of US 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 ...