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Perpetual AUM falls by $8.3bn in March quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026
... "In asset management, our assets under management were impacted by a stronger Australian dollar relative to US and UK currencies, declining markets, and net outflows," Perpetual chief executive and managing director Bernard Reilly said. "We reported ...

AQR picks SG Hiscock & Company as distribution partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... sophisticated investors. The actively managed fund invests in futures contracts and derivatives across commodities, currencies, fixed income, equities and alternative markets. It seeks to produce attractive risk-adjusted returns while targeting a low ...

US and Israel strike Iran: What it means for investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... risk-assets globally. "This would likely make global developed market sovereigns, including US Treasuries, and safe-haven currencies more attractive. In a prolonged period of uncertainty, increases in oil prices could generate a global inflationary scare ...

ASIC returns $40m of CFD losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... following a whole of industry review. CFDs allow investors to speculate on the price movements of assets such as shares, currencies or commodities, without owning them. Between October 2024 and December 2025, ASIC reviewed 52 licensed CFD issuers, requiring ...

Investors weigh risks amid Venezuelan crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... disruptions. There's also attention on the knock-on effect to gold prices amidst heightened geopolitical risks and currencies because of what it may mean for the US dollar (and the trustworthiness of US assets), and equities because of risk appetite." ...

Majority reject crypto investments in super fund: Swyftx

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... with money laundering, security failures, and investment scams, the report found that the net lack of trust in digital currencies has risen to 60% in 2025 from 57% last year. However, among current crypto owners, 68% would like to see their super funds ...

Super moves: AusSuper, Aware, MLC, JANA, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... international experience across funds management and banking, covering fixed income, interest rate derivatives and currencies. Most recently, he was at Jamieson Coote Bonds for nearly four years, having left VFMC, where he was senior portfolio manager ...

BlackRock looks to add Bitcoin ETF to local suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... are other similar ETFs available in the market, their underlying assets may be complex, including multiple digital currencies. "If you start introducing other cryptocurrencies like Solana and others in a Bitcoin-focused ETF, it may be more difficult ...

Instos continue to bite on risk: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... Australia was the exception." Additionally, Ferridge noted there were also more transactions involving "riskier" commodity currencies, such as the Canadian and Australian dollars. "... dollar selling persists, even as the US dollar holdings now show ...

UBS shutters international shares fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
... between three and six business days from the termination date. The fund invested across a wide range of countries and currencies, with some of the assets partially hedged to the Australian dollar. According to Rainmaker Information, the fund had a net ...
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