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Product Showcase: Calm in the chaos

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
Sharemarket crashes and their inevitable recovery are well-charted, but no one really talks about what happens in between. Who are the investors caught in the crash, and who are the ones that capture the most gains on the way up? In that space between ...

Product showcase: Follow the leaders

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... portfolio," he explains. Historically, a small set of growth themes has generally driven a disproportionate amount of sharemarket value creation. For example, from 1760 to 1840 it was textiles and steam that powered the Industrial Revolution, then it ...

MLC wary of but not opposed to bitcoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... analysis reveals that in just over the past three years, bitcoin has been nearly four times more volatile than the US sharemarket." Farmer added that bitcoin advocates previously argued that cryptocurrency represented a source of portfolio diversification ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina has listed the top five things the AMP econosights team is hoping to see in 2025. Firstly, Mousina said that while higher trade tariffs are unavoidable given the incoming US President, she hopes the US will stop ...

WAM tells investors it 'got the call wrong'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... share. Despite the poor performance, WAM Leaders will stick to its defensively positioned portfolio, betting that the sharemarket is too confident about a soft economic landing and the magnitude of interest rate cuts priced in by traders. "The valuations ...

Betashares plans to launch first 'moderately geared' ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... Diversified All Growth Geared (30-40% LVR) Complex ETF (GHHF). G200 offers moderately geared exposure to the Australian sharemarket, while GHHF offers moderately geared exposure to an 'all-cap, all-world' share portfolio. "The Wealth Builder funds are ...

Betashares to bring Cash Flow Kings ETF to market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
... priced at 0.40%. "There is a body of evidence that suggests a strong association between free cash flow generation and sharemarket performance, as well as persistence. Companies with a strong free cash flow have historically tended to outperform broad ...

Super funds embrace offshore investment, internal teams

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
... he said. Likewise, Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok drew attention to the narrow sectoral focus on the Australian sharemarket, which is dominated by finance and mining companies. He argued that foreign markets offer better exposure to sectors like healthcare ...

Local ETF industry flows positive, lower FUM: BetaShares

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
According to BetaShares, a combination of sharemarket declines and cautious investors characterised the first half of the year for the local ETF industry. In its half-yearly Australian ETF review, BetaShares noted the industry was far less buoyant in ...

Australian investor confidence plummets: CA ANZ

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... supply chain disruptions, inflation and interest rate increases have rattled investor confidence. "Plunges in the sharemarket, ongoing global political unrest, inflationary challenges and associated broader economic uncertainty all led to the concerning ...
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