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DeepSeek, Alibaba: Silver linings for emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... of subjectivity to it. How do you quantify the impact of an election on a market? How do you quantify the impact of a currency move on a market?" she asks. "You don't, because part of it is dependent on how strong and stable your foundations for ...

Future Fund bags a piece of Transgrid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... wealth fund's risk and return objectives and will help safeguard the portfolio from higher inflation, interest rates, and currency volatility. Future Fund director of infrastructure Peter McCosker, meanwhile, said the investment, which is "a valuable ...

Cointree hit with AUSTRAC fine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... said. In 2024, AUSTRAC released the Money Laundering in Australia National Risk Assessment which identified the digital currency exchange (DCE) sector as being vulnerable to money laundering due to its speed, global reach, pseudonymity and ability to ...

Analyst promotions: Frontier, Fidelity, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... Andrew Woo to associate portfolio manager for defensive and liquid assets and portfolio intelligence. The fixed income and currency specialist previously served as a senior portfolio analyst, focusing on manager selection within the fixed-income universe. ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... from overseas assets last year, as the Aussie dollar weakened against the US dollar. Australian equities, unaffected by currency fluctuations, pocketed an 11% return, catapulted forward by strong performance in the banking sector. More defensive asset ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... and infrastructure and timberland asset classes. He added that returns also benefited from changes to the fund's currency mix and exposure to commodities, including gold. "We continue to assess conditions and adjust the portfolio to manage risk and ...

Private capital, active ETFs to continue shake up of financial services: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... transform cross-border payments by 2030. One in four large-value international money transfers will be settled on tokenised currency platforms, Deloitte said, which could reduce the cost of corporate cross-border transactions by 12.5%, potentially saving ...

Global X to launch AI infrastructure ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... AI-focused ETFs could see inflows above $80 million," Leung said. Last month, the fund manager launched Global X Gold Bullion (Currency Hedged) ETF (ASX: GHLD), which tracks the performance of the price of gold bullion currency-hedged into Australian ...

Nearly $9bn leaves Perpetual

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... under management (AUM) at $221.2 billion. The fund manager was hit hard by net outflows of $8.9 billion and negative currency movements of $0.9 billion, but marginally offset by market gains of $0.7 billion. All its affiliates saw AUM shrink between ...

ClearBridge launches three active ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... development Matt Bushby said the hedged (CIVH) and unhedged (CUIV) versions offer investors flexibility depending on currency preferences. "With increasing market uncertainty, investors are seeking resilient income sources and differentiated equity exposures. ...