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MA Financial locks down flagship private credit fund, shutters another

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
... arising from the current challenges in the residential housing construction and development market has impacted investor sentiment," MA Financial said. "Deteriorating residential real estate market conditions are extending timeframes for some asset sales ...

AI stocks mask broader market weakness: UniSuper

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2026
... weakness across equity markets as rising bond yields, higher interest rates and surging energy prices weighed on investor sentiment. Australian shares fell more than 3% during the month, with 10 of the market's 11 sectors declining. US shares lost 0.5% ...

Investors price more risk into listed private credit trusts: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... 13.3%. Morningstar director of manager research Thomas Dutka notes that the performance of LITs is a proxy for investor sentiment into the sector. "For a number of these funds, there have been some fairly sizeable reductions in their trading value. These ...

Bathla collapse rattles private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2026
... managers," MA Financial Group joint chief executive Chris Wyke said. "These factors have the potential to influence investor sentiment and redemption activity but do not reflect a change in the performance of the fund's underlying assets, which has ...

ART, AustralianSuper deliver strong FY26 returns

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
... asset classes, supported by corporate earnings, continued investment in artificial intelligence and resilient investor sentiment. "We live in unpredictable times, but volatility can also create opportunities for active investors, and we remain optimistic ...

AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... technology of abundance," Wise said. "It is a positive supply shock. It is disinflationary." Wise compared current investor sentiment to market fears around tariffs and trade disruptions in 2025, which ultimately faded as a dominant macro concern. While ...

Fixed income becoming an ETP staple: Rainmaker

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... gyrations of the conflict. We anticipate the next few weeks will still see a heightened level of volatility and investor sentiment will reflect the geopolitical risk that is dominating the market." Betashares investment strategist Tom Wickenden said ...

US and Israel strike Iran: What it means for investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... stand are pricing in a limited conflict of relatively short duration." Hetts said should uncertainty persist, investor sentiment could be suppressed which can weigh on risk-assets globally. "This would likely make global developed market sovereigns ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... extended in the Australian dollar and New Zealand dollar," he said. The findings also examined institutional investor sentiment towards regional equity markets, including China, South Korea and Taiwan. Evans said: "Despite a continued strong performance ...

Global pension assets near $90tn: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... US$2.97 trillion ($4.2tn) in pension assets. The study indicated the pension asset value increased due to strong investor sentiment but was also influenced by volatility. The US remained the largest single pensions market, accounting for 66% of the total ...
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