4+ hour, 53+ min ago  (519+ words) Despite broadly underperforming since the start of the Iran war, the asset manager said it still sees pockets of resilience for emerging markets " particularly in hard currency debt." Speaking in Black Rock's latest"Weekly Market Commentary,"the firm's global chief…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago  (649+ words) Israeli strikes have rattled the fragile US-Iran ceasefire, lifting oil back up after its post-truce lows and prompting fresh warnings that the Gulf conflict may continue to weigh on inflation and growth even if the diplomatic pause holds. The renewed…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago  (929+ words) The threat of quantum computing "breaking" Bitcoin cryptography is becoming clearer but there is no immediate danger to crypto holders, according to a global digital asset security firm. Quantum computing is a major threat to cybersecurity because it can solve…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (648+ words) Gold was "down but not out" during the first quarter of 2026, and despite recent market volatility, State Street Investment Management (SSIM) believes the precious metal remains in the middle innings of a bull cycle. The firm described the recent oil…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (788+ words) US mega-cap tech valuations look increasingly compelling after a bruising start to the year, but Australian investors are still favouring home soil " should they? Having long dominated the S&P 500, fortunes have turned for the mega-cap tech stocks so far…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (495+ words) In a recent note, the firm's head of Australian equities, Reece Birtles, said recent analysis of ASX 200 earnings drivers has revealed AIemergingasa key disruptive force, particularly for high-growth, capital-light businesses. "The most impactful new theme is the threat of AI…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (379+ words) The National Stock Exchange of Australia (NSX) has struck a landmark deal with Aquis Exchange to bring a world-class trading platform Down Under " promising reliability, resilience, integrity and security for Australian capital markets. Last year, the Canadian Securities Exchange's (CSE)…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (432+ words) Van Eck has warned stagflation is becoming the base case for global markets, arguing the Iran war, sticky inflation and rising fiscal strain are pushing investors into a more fragile and less forgiving regime." In its April 2026 View Point report,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (704+ words) PIMCO has warned financial markets may be underestimating the recession risk building beneath the Iran war, arguing investors remain too focused on the inflationary impact of higher oil prices while discounting the growing threat of a prolonged global supply shock....

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (502+ words) A growing number of investors are reframing blockchains not as speculative assets or software platforms, but as sovereign-like digital economies with their own currencies, industries and monetary systems. From software to sovereign like systems The early instinct to treat blockchains…...