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Expectations tempered as analysts forecast a choppy and volatile market in 2025
In what could be a harbinger for the coming year, the S&P/ASX 200 index has been on a roller coaster ride since the market opened on January 3. What's making...
Are markets nutty, or just frothy? Howard Marks on market blow-ups and 'bubble thinking'
Higher starting valuations usually lead to lower returns, but the most important part of a bubble is “highly skewed psychology” – and investors remain...
The advice and investment stories that mattered most to advisers in 2024
It was a year that saw private capital become cool and asset consultants become kings. Advice reform continued to plod its clunky path, while the Dixon's...
Trump bump expectations potentially 'misplaced': Yarra
Tweets aren’t policy, but Yarra Capital believes that financial markets are underestimating Trump’s intentions. Expect 2025 to be the year of higher debt,...
'Not talented enough': Vanguard indulges in hubris as active equity managers slide
As the biggest ETF provider in Australia, Vanguard has the right to crow about another knockout performance over active equity. But invective commentary is a...
‘Higher volatility, higher complexity’: How investors can surf the next wave
During the Great Moderation, the mantra was “be long and don’t touch”. But with a wave of transformation sweeping through markets, BlackRock thinks...
'Vehicle preference' and distribution shifts changing the game for asset managers
Even established asset managers are under threat from the violent shift towards low-cost investment vehicles, while allocator preference for platform...
Why bother with active management? Because dislocated markets can't last forever
Markets are expensive, driven by powerful forces which want to turn a 40-year bull market into the first ever 50-year one. That trend is not one to embrace,...
The energy transition path isn't linear, but engagement is the best compass: Pzena
The mainstream energy transition narrative has evolved in light of recent social, political and economic shifts, Pzena says. as the manager takes a deep dive...
Future Fund prognostication failure reminds us that markets don't care what you think
Australia's sovereign wealth fund's prediction of a tough year for investors didn't come to pass, but they're not the only well-resourced manager that missed...
Ausbil charts a ‘materially different’ investment environment
The environment we’re heading into is one where economies will have more redundancies built into them so they can withstand exogenous geopolitical shocks,...