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Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026

... risks. More investors are pivoting to emerging markets amid weakened demand for the USD and blue chips like the Magnificent Seven becoming expensive. At the performance level, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index has delivered about 44% p.a. in the year to ...

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026

... drop from 2024, and only 15% of the total," the report read. Global SWF also flagged concentration risk in the Magnificent Seven (Mag7) stocks. "Sovereign investors exhibit notable concentration risks. For instance, NBIM and NZ Super, have allocated ...

Waning AI optimism, Fed rate cut driving US pullback: UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025

... and it's just becoming harder to beat those lofty expectations," Colosimo said. However, it's rival in the Magnificent Seven bundle Google was up 13.5% in the month, having had a big run in the last few months and taking over Microsoft as the third ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025

... minerals required to run its basic industry, Miller says. "The second portion is DeepSeek. We all applaud the Magnificent Seven, or most of them, for their breakthroughs in AI, but suddenly a random company out of China that no one's ever heard of ...

Scientific Beta offers portfolio solution to institutional investors

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025

... bridge portfolio imbalances has been highlighted in recent times as US growth stocks, led by the so-called 'Magnificent Seven', have dramatically outperformed value stocks, which has resulted in many market cap-weighted portfolios developing unintended ...

MLC AM delivers real returns for members in FY25

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025

... some of the sectors and businesses that active managers found challenging." This included fuller weights to the Magnificent Seven and Australian banks. Farmer added that active managers found it a little tougher over the last 12 months given that some ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025

... caps from an operational perspective. And one of the big beneficiaries of all of that, in my opinion, was the Magnificent Seven," he said. The correlation between large and small caps, which has been falling in recent years, is something he urges investors ...

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025

... of disappointment. Sherwood said the past decade of US exceptionalism, marked by the extraordinary run of the Magnificent Seven, has created very strong global equity returns for passive and momentum investors, whereas the rewards from diversification ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025

... he said, that the multiples of US mega-cap stocks - of which there are fewer than 40 companies, including the Magnificent Seven, have traded at more than twice that of emerging market and developed stocks outside the country, as of the end of 2024. The ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025

... resilient economy, corporate earnings growth and a favourable interest rate environment. The dominance of the Magnificent Seven, which benefited from increased investment in AI, cloud computing, and digital transformation, was also significant, he noted. ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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