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From gloomy retail clients to fretful global institutional providers, investment experts report a glaring disconnect between the risk appetite of investors and the overall economic outlook.

The meteoric rise of Nvidia (NVDA) parallels generative AI’s own stratospheric journey. Dataset provider Appen provides an interesting local proxy stock, alongside a new wave of AI-themed ETFs.

Global investment manager Parametric (part of the Morgan Stanley group of companies), which advise on over $378 billion in assets, this week highlighted key issues with the impending Your Future Your Super (YFYS) legislation. Among its views was the need for many funds, but particularly those with weaker recent performance, to “focus on the basics”…

With records still being set by both equities and bond markets, investor uncertainty abounds. It would seem that these times are made for both active management and experience. Among bond markets, the possibility of higher inflation, especially in the US, is prompting fears of rising interest rates, and therefore falling prices, with investors looking further…