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Joanne Tran

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Hundreds of investors have attended the 25th annual Euroz Hartley conference at Discovery Resorts on Rottnest Island.

Phil King, fund managers flock to WA for ‘Rotto’ conference

Western Australia’s Rottnest Island hosted more than 600 people – including fund managers, family offices, and chief executives of ASX-listed companies.

Atlas’ Phil Cornet.

This fundie says investors should be piling into CSL after slump

Atlas Funds’ Phil Cornet says the weakness in the ASX 200 heavyweight makes no sense and Ampol is ripe for a rally.

The ASX is poised to fall at the open.

ASX drops 1.3pc; Trump steel, aluminium tariffs take effect

Shares extended losses; no exemption for Aussie steel, aluminium US exports; major banks and mining giants sell-off; European Union to impose counter tariffs.

Panic on Wall Street sends money into cash and bonds.

Australians pour money into cash and bonds as markets panic

Fixed income and cash focused exchange-traded funds have recorded a bump in net flows as investors seek shelter from intense sharemarket volatility.

Fund managers have turned bearish on oil as the outlook for the commodity price worsens.

Fundies pull money from oil with prices tipped to sink

Bullish bets on oil have been dialled back as the outlook for the commodity worsens under Donald Trump’s push for cheaper energy.

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Stacks of aluminium at a port in China. The United States is set to introduce its 25 per cent tariff on imports this week.

ASX to rise as investors face uncertain week with tariffs set to start

Futures indicate the local sharemarket will rise 0.9 per cent after a sell-off last week that sent it below 8000 points, its lowest level in six months.

Morgan Stanley says its confident in Myer’s ability to become profitable under chief executive Olivia Wirth.

Myer shares could double if Olivia Wirth gets it right: Morgan Stanley

Analysts said there was a “pathway for its share price to double” amid a transformation of the department store, although execution risks were “high”.

Platypus Asset Management’s co-founder Donald William has passed away.

Donald Williams, Platypus Asset Management’s co-founder, dies at 59

The former star stock picker started the boutique funds management business in 1998 and stepped down in 2016 due to health reasons.

The National Stock Exchange in Mumbai. Indian equities are rebounding after a six-month slide.

After a 16pc sell-off, Australian fundies are eyeing bargains in India

Major investors have shrugged off a market correction in the world’s fastest-growing economy and are looking to buy following a months-long slide.

Damon Callaghan is portfolio manager of ECP Asset Management’s Growth Companies Fund.

This fundie tips GQG’s share price to rally after wild swings

ECP Asset Management portfolio manager Damon Callaghan expects the ASX-listed global equities manager to recover after investors pulled more than $1 billion.

US President Donald Trump has followed through with his tariff threats, sending markets into a spin.

Markets rattled as Trump doubles down on tariff threats

Traders dumped stocks and bitcoin after the US president dashed hopes of some tariff reprieves for Mexico, Canada and China.

GCQ is the latest fund manager to launch an ETF product on the ASX.

Doug Tynan’s GCQ Funds joins race to retail dollar with ETF float

The former VGI Partners operator started his own investment manager in 2022 and has outperformed the market since then with a portfolio of global stocks.

Arnott Capital’s Kenny Arnott and Yianni Gertos are betting big on the aviation industry.

Secretive hedge fund Arnott reveals its stock picks

Kenny Arnott and Yianni Gertos are betting big on Airbus and pick Ryanair over Qantas for the year ahead. They’ve also opted out of China, for now.

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Tim Zhao is portfolio manager of Lazard’s Australian equity strategies.

Why Lazard is tipping a turnaround in these ASX fast food stocks

Tim Zhao says the latest banks sell-off could be the start of a correction and expects struggling quick service restaurant operators to reverse their fortunes.

The ASX has shrunk quickly, but it may not be structural.

The ASX really is shrinking but it’s not unprecedented, research finds

As part of its assessment of the growth of private markets, the corporate regulator asked academics for their definitive take on the stock exchange’s vitality.

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ASX investors start to look offshore as banks, miners disappoint

One of Australia’s largest investors says there are better opportunities in the UK and Europe than in Australia and the US, citing unjustifiable valuations.

MYOB chief executive Greg Ellis

Domain surges on US property giant’s $2.7b bid

Australia’s second-biggest real estate platform has told investors it received a takeover offer from CoStar, in the first test for new CEO Greg Ellis.

ASX futures are pointing to an opening drop.

ASX closes at one-month low, CBA down 2pc; Megaport rallies

Shares closer lower; new jobs hit 44,000, topping forecasts; Megaport soars 19pc; banks slump; Magellan down 10pc; Fortescue, Rio cut dividend.

ASX faces worst profit season in two years as banks sell off

The sharemarket has erased over $30 billion in market value this week as the big banks took the sheen off an otherwise surprisingly resilient earnings season.

Northcape’s Wendy Herringer.

Why the market has missed a trick for this weight loss drug

Northcape Capital’s Wendy Herringer isn’t deterred by the 40 per cent crash in Novo Nordisk and is all in on a waste disposal company.

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