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US and Aussie shares 'incredibly divergent': UniSuper

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026
The artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom continued to drive US equity markets higher in May, while Australian shares delivered comparatively modest gains amid weaker earnings outlooks and pressure on the banking sector, according to UniSuper ...

Australian ETF market surges to record $346bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... 5.05% over the month and is now up 33.6% year on year. Strong investor inflows combined with a rebound in global equity markets drove the result, with total net flow reaching $5.4 billion for April. International equities dominated investor demand, attracting ...

Regal Partners' FUM drops by $0.6bn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
... escalated, Regal Partners said. The conflict drove up prices of oil and interest rates, it said, alongside weaker global equity markets. Performance in hedge funds dropped by $800 million whereas equity strategies saw a dip of $16 million. Its multi-strategy ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... sitting in PE investors' pockets as we speak could be cause for concern. "Both the private credit and private equity markets have grown. Private equity is a lot more mature than private credit, or at least the growth happened earlier," Unwin says. ...

Orbis appoints ex-Antipodes Partners investment director

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... in Singapore and early in her career, a senior investment analyst at Platinum Asset Management, covering Asian equity markets. Globally, Orbis Investments $80 billion in assets.

Blue Owl says its private credit loan books remain healthy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... wave of redemption requests on worries these loans majorly back software companies, which have dropped in value as equity markets reevaluate them in the wake of the AI revolution. Early this week, Apollo private credit fund curbed redemptions at 5% after ...

Chalmers looks to shore up fuel supply as Iran war continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... closing in on a 10% correction. "Given the seriousness of the events in the Middle East, it's perhaps surprising equity markets have not fallen harder in recent weeks - likely because investors have been hoping Trump would end hostilities at any given ...

March RBA hike now on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... As oil prices have spiked - modestly at first - but more aggressively as supply disruption fears have increased, equity markets have followed a similar path, but on the downside," Todd said. "To suggest the conflict has escalated uncertainty at a time ...

Vanguard launches three new funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Vanguard is giving Australian investors access to US equity markets with the launch of three S&P 500 Index funds. The Vanguard S&P 500 US Shares Index ETF (ASX: V500) is an unhedged ETF; the Vanguard S&P 500 US Shares Index (Hedged) ETF (ASX: V5AH) ...

Perpetual sees 349% profit jump

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... 2025. "Wealth management faced headwinds during the half. Market-related revenue increased, driven by more buoyant equity markets; however, this was offset by lower non-market revenue particularly in fiduciary markets and risk advisory," Reilly said. ...
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