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Super funds risk market concentration in US: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
... prominent overseas presenting a fresh problem for institutional investors. Research from Scientific Beta found even in an index of 1400 stocks across developed markets, 25% is now represented by just 10 stocks, including tech names Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft ...

Norges Bank slashes exposure to US government bonds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
... today," NBIM said. NBIM, from its analysis, suggested to reduce government bonds exposure by reducing the government sub-index of the bond index from 70% to 50%, while increasing its exposure on US corporate bonds as well as mortgage-backed securities ...

STOXX broadens global equity suite

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
STOXX has expanded its global equity index offering with the launch of the STOXX Investable Market Indices (IMI), a new benchmark family designed to give institutional investors broader, more flexible exposure across developed and emerging equity markets. ...

Union calls on RBA staff to reject pay offer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... expected to do it for peanuts," she said. The union noted the proposed wage increases sit below the current consumer price index of 4.2% and compare unfavourably with wage claims being pursued elsewhere in the Australian Public Service, where workers ...

UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... Rainmaker's analysis of wholesale funds showed. Despite strong performance, the sector underperformed the market index of 23.7% p.a. by 2.6 percentage points. Nonetheless, it beat the returns of Australian small cap equities (20.1% p.a.), international ...

Betashares launches new currency hedged ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
Betashares has introduced a currency hedged version of its S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (ASX: QUS). QUS has amassed over $380 million in funds under management (FUM), appealing to investors looking to maintain exposure to a broad portfolio of US shares ...

'Growing revenues, not AUM, is the new name of the game': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
The relationship between assets under management (AUM) and revenue growth has broken down as fund buyers - both retail and institutional - increasingly embrace lower-fee index funds. This comes as interest in more expensive active strategies appears ...

Australia climbs global wealth ranks

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... per adult, Australia ranks second to Luxembourg. Australia also ranks highly for distribution of wealth, with a Gini Index of 54 seeing it ranked third in terms of wealth equality. McAuley said strong growth in superannuation and property has spurred ...

BlackRock has most valuable brand, study finds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... Management, coming in second with a brand value just under US$7 billion. However, it had the strongest brand strength index of 87.4 out of 100. Coming in third was Vanguard at US$6 billion. Meanwhile, for value PIF leads among SWFs due to its investment ...

The top investment funds over the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... the Nasdaq-100 Index. In third place, the BetaShares Global Uranium ETF (ASX: URNM) returned 68.9%. The fund tracks an index of leading companies in the global uranium industry. Its major holdings include Cameco, Kazatomprom, and the Sprott Physical ...
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