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InvestorDaily Morningstar’s chief US market strategist says he is beginning to see signs of the 1990s tech bubble appearing as established companies pivot to AI brands. “There’s the old saying that history may not necessarily repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme – and I’m starting to see some echoes of the 1990s tech bubble,” […]

InvestorDaily Despite a volatile start to the year for crypto markets, deeper structural shifts are underway as institutional adoption accelerates and tokenisation reshapes the foundations of global finance. The year has opened with a familiar script for crypto investors: sharp price declines, heightened volatility, and renewed scepticism about digital assets. Yet beneath the market turbulence, […]

InvestorDaily Rising inflation, energy policy pressures and limited domestic growth are pushing MLC overseas, with global listed infrastructure emerging as a key opportunity. Domestic energy positioning and the realities of inflation in Australia are prompting MLC to focus on global growth opportunities, according to portfolio manager Anthony Golowenko. Speaking to Investor Daily, the firm’s managed […]

AFR Barrenjoey, founded by former UBS top deal makers Matthew Grounds and Guy Fowler, is positioning itself for a decade of growth after a transformational merger with its largest shareholder, Magellan Financial Group, which valued the five-year-old investment bank at $1.6 billion. Magellan, which held a 36.4 per cent stake in Barrenjoey, revealed the merger […]

InvestorDaily Australia is on the verge of implementing its first comprehensive regulatory framework for the crypto industry and it’s a shift that could open the door for financial advisers and institutional investors to start allocating meaningful capital to the asset class. For years, the lack of regulation around crypto has made these investors reluctant to […]

InvestorDaily Private credit is no longer a niche allocation, it is a core component of sophisticated portfolios – and nowhere is this more evident than in Australia’s real estate market. For much of the past decade, investors have navigated a sequence of shocks: pandemic disruption, inflation spikes, rate tightening cycles, geopolitical tensions, and equity market […]