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High-risk super options pay off: Morningstar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... (three-month net flows of $27 million and $16 million respectively), as members rotate into lower-risk, ESG-aligned vehicles amid macro volatility. "The relative softer flows into sustainable options are not a rejection of ESG but perhaps a recalibration," ...

Institutional investors show signs uncertainty has peaked: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... reading since November 2020, the month COVID vaccines were discovered, the research found. State Street Markets head of macro research Michael Metcalfe said despite numerous potential pitfalls for financial markets in Q3, institutional investors remain ...

Former CBA chief economist joins UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
UniSuper has announced that former Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief economist Stephen Halmarick will join its investment committee as an independent (non-director) member. The $149 billion super fund said Halmarick will commence his tenure on 1 August ...

American Century cuts US outlook amid tariff impacts

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
American Century Investments has revised its medium-term capital markets assumptions, which were formulated in April before US President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced. US equity return forecasts have declined, driven by falling price-to-earnings ...

Future Generation delivers 10.8%, increases dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
Future Generation Australia has increased its interim dividend for the 10 th consecutive year to 3.6 cents per share, after reporting investment returns up 10.8% in the 12 months to June. "Th company has increased its dividend every year for the past ...

Bennelong launches Allspring Global Income Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
Bennelong Funds Management has launched the Allspring Global Income Fund in the Australian market as flagged in May. Bennelong recently partnered with Allspring Global Investments to distribute its global income strategy across Australia and New Zealand. ...

Alternatives stable pushes Navigator assets higher

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025
... moments of stress. "At the moment, we have some strategies performing extremely well, like our quantitative strategies and our macro strategies and others that may not be doing as well because their investment climate was perhaps more akin to last year ...

VFMC farewells asset allocation lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
Following the departure of VFMC's head of portfolio strategy and asset allocation Leanne Taylor, senior portfolio manager Kuek Chyuan Low has stepped into the role in an interim basis. Taylor resigned from the role she held since 2022. She told ...

Investors 'ignoring' volatility: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... stretched and expected returns remain muted. But the cycle remains intact, albeit uncomfortably slowing." In Australia, the macro backdrop remains stable and supportive in the short term, the Schroders outlook found. Inflation is moderating towards the ...

GQG assets hit record high despite underperformance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... investors. The fund manager continues to be defensively positioned with the goal of protecting client capital amid valuations and macro-economic volatility. In the March quarter, GQG slashed its consumer discretionary and information technology holdings ...