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DeepSeek, Alibaba: Silver linings for emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
DeepSeek and Alibaba's rise from the ashes have bolstered the case for investing in Chinese companies, according to an emerging markets expert seeking the best opportunities in the face of geopolitical tensions and heightened risks. J.P. Morgan ...

Vanguard ETFs claim first, second, and third place for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
A trio of Vanguard ETFs topped April inflows, pulling in over $1.1 billion, according to Betashares' Australian ETF review. The Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF brought in $533.6 million in inflows, followed by the Vanguard MSCI Index International ...

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Perpetual head of investment strategy Matt Sherwood has warned that passive investors banking on a repeat of the past 15 years of very strong global equity returns may be sleepwalking into a decade of disappointment. Sherwood said the past decade of ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
Labor has secured 93 of the 150 seats up for grabs in the House of Representatives, with a few still in doubt - more than Kevin Rudd or Bob Hawke claimed in their maiden election victories - but does this historic win over the Coalition spell bad news ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
The US stock market has returned nearly twice as much as international markets since the Global Financial Crisis, which subsequently resulted in its share of global equity market capitalisation approaching almost 70% by the end of last year. History ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Mercer's annual periodic table, which charts 17 major asset classes investment returns on an annual basis over the last decade, reveals that there's few reliable themes, except that greater risk tends to be rewarded by greater return. Equity ...

Frontier Advisors lands major mandate from asset management giant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Frontier Advisors has won a mandate from Japan's $350 billion Nissay Asset Management, which is part of the Nippon Life Insurance Group. The mandate will allow Nissay to tap into Frontier's institutional intelligence to support its pension clients. ...

Pinnacle affiliate launches offshore version of smaller companies fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
Langdon Equity Partners, a small-cap investment boutique founded in Toronto and backed by Pinnacle Investment Management, has launched a UCITS fund to offer a global strategy to investors in the UK, Europe, and Asia. The Langdon Global Smaller Companies ...

MSCI, Moody's launch private credit risk tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
MSCI and Moody's Corporation have partnered to launch an offering that assesses risks for private credit investments. The solution integrates MSCI private capital data with Moody's EDF-X credit risk modelling tool. MSCI said the new solution ...

Acadian AM launches EM equity fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
Acadian Asset Management has launched the Acadian Enhanced Emerging Markets Equity Fund in Australia. The new strategy aims to generate long-term returns for Australian wholesale investors through a diversified portfolio of approximately 500 emerging ...