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Daily Market Update: 22 October 2025
All Ords (ASX:XAO) resets record high, Alcoa (ASX:AAI) rare earth miners surge on US deal The Australian share market retested its intra-day all-time high on Tuesday, ultimately gaining 0.7 per cent amid a broad-based rally triggered by a huge US-Australian rare earth deal and strong US earnings reports from the likes of Apple (NYSE:AAPL). The…
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Daily Market Update: 21 October 2025
ASX recovers from weak opening, technology, banks rally beyond Comm Bank (ASX:CBA), Newmont (ASX:NEM), gold miners sink The local sharemarket managed to turn a weak start into a positive day, finishing 0.4 per cent higher on Monday, after posting a record high the week prior. Nine of the 11 sectors managed a gain, led by…
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Cracking the code: Incorporating alternatives into managed accounts
Alternatives have been very difficult to use within SMAs, but a new platform promises to solve this quandary.
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Currency as protection: Why FX belongs in the portfolio
Your global equity portfolio is actually two portfolios: the underlying equities, and the currency exposure. The latter is too important to leave unmanaged.
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16 years searching for true diversification
For much of modern portfolio history, the 60/40 mix of equities and bonds has been held up as the embodiment of diversification. Until 2022, when it failed. What’s next for investors?
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Reimagining income and defensive portfolios: INDepth with Lauren Ryan from Thinktank
Relying solely on public bond markets for your defensive income-bearing allocation is now well-understood as too risky, Lauren Ryan from Thinktank tells Laurence Parker-Brown from The Inside Network, as she goes INDepth on reimagining income and defensive portfolios.
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Daily Market Update: 20 October 2025
ASX retreats despite weekly gain The Australian sharemarket ended lower on Friday, with the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) falling 0.8 per cent to 8,995.3, after reaching a record high above 9100 in the previous session. Despite the pullback, the index still posted a 0.4 per cent gain for the week. The broader All Ordinaries…
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INSight #456 with Rob Hinchliffe from PineBridge Investments
Rob Hinchliffe from PineBridge Investments speaks to James Dunn from The Inside Network on the segmentation of the market by lifecycle categories vs sectors.
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Daily Market Update: 17 October 2025
Banks, fund managers and gold lift, whilst rare earths fall The S&P/ASX 200 (ASX: XJO) reset an intraday record, climbing to 9,109.7 points before closing at 9,068.4, as a surprisingly weak labour force report – unemployment rising to 4.5 per cent – jolted markets into pricing in a likely Reserve Bank of Australia rate cut.…
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Going granular with data ignites an insurance breakthrough in the advice world
Professional indemnity (PI) insurance is a necessary evil to most advisers. But to one small insurance broker, it is the spearhead of major change in the financial services industry.