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Australian ETF market surges to record $346bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... S&P 500 ETF (IVV). The report noted investor appetite for technology linked exposures remained strong amid continued optimism around artificial intelligence infrastructure spending and semiconductor demand. At the same time, flows into fixed income and ...

Centuria bullish on large format retail sector, launches new fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Centuria Capital said it maintains bullish optimism for the domestic large format retail (LFR) sector, as it launches the Centuria Chadstone Homemaker Centre Fund with investments starting from $50,000. It is a closed-ended unlisted fund providing an ...

Hiring for risk, member services to take off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... Recruitment, the financial services sector is in transition, moving from a year of caution and belt tightening to one of greater optimism and opportunity. As for where those opportunities lie, Kaizen said there was a sharp uptick at the end of 2025 in ...

'Unretiring' a global trend: T. Rowe Price

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... savers need today and empower them with the strategies and solutions that can build financial security, confidence, and optimism for the future." The survey found economic pessimism was highest in Japan and Canada, where 62% and 56% of respondents, respectively ...

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

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
UniSuper head of fixed interest David Colosimo says the November pullback in the US market is driven by the waning optimism on the sustainability of the AI thematic and a rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Colosimo said the market is now questioning the ...

Ditch cash, curb emotionally led investing: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... how they can help clients "shave off the emotional highs and lows" of investing. These can seesaw from reluctance to optimism then exuberance and move into fear and denial then panic and circle back to indifference and reluctance. "If we help people ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... you comfortable, along with confusion about how to access even a part payment of the government pension." Hillier's optimism is reflected in the name of North's risk management retirement framework: SMILE. It is an acronym for the five leading ...

Listed asset managers trail ASX 200 in 2025: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... double-digit gains seen in 2024. Morningstar equity analyst Shaun Ler said even though equity markets appear buoyed by optimism around further rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, it does not necessarily translate into performance for traditional active ...

Female fund managers' triumphant decade: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... Downes added: "While it can be easy to feel disheartened when representation remains so low, there is also cause for optimism in this year's findings." "The tripling of assets under management over the past decade is a shift that should not be underestimated. ...

Institutional investors show signs uncertainty has peaked: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
The latest State Street Institutional Investor Indicators, tracking investor confidence, found most signs point to optimism despite ongoing global uncertainty. The State Street Risk Appetite rose to 0.54 at the end of July, marking the highest reading ...
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