Technology Funds Nurse Significant Losses as AI Stocks Plunge
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 15 Dec 2025
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- 2
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- 15 Dec 2025, 03:46 am
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Hyperion, Loftus Peak and Munro Partners are nursing heavy losses following a brutal sell-off that intensified last week.
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The article examines the financial impact on Australian technology funds from a steep sell-off in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks, which has erased months of gains. The downturn is attributed to growing concerns over the high valuations of major tech firms and their intensive AI investment strategies, amplified by Broadcom's pessimistic sales forecast and Oracle’s delay in data center construction for OpenAI. This situation underscores the volatility and risk within AI investment, highlighting potential challenges to financial stability connected to AI technologies. Although the article mentions Australia’s top technology investors, it primarily focuses on market performance rather than AI governance or safety policies.
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MarketsEquity MarketsSharemarketPrint articleAlex GluyasMarkets reporterDec 15, 2025 – 2.24pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginA violent rotation out of artificial intelligence stocks has ensnarled some of Australia’s top technology investors, wiping months worth of returns and prompting some funds to double down on their bets.Scepticism about the lofty valuations of Wall Street’s tech giants and the sustainability of their aggressive spending on AI fuelled the sell-off. Those concerns intensified last week after a disappointing sales outlook by chipmaker Broadcom, and a report Oracle had delayed building data centres for ChatGPT owner OpenAI.Loading...Alex Gluyas is a markets reporter based in the Melbourne newsroom. Connect with Alex on Twitter. Email Alex at alex.gluyas@afr.comSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreSharemarketNvidiaInvestingWall StreetAIOpenAIAmazonMicrosoftTeslaCanvaFetching latest articlesThe untold story of the most lethal Sydney to Hobart race in 26 yearsTony Davis24 new watches to ring out the year (from $170 to $218k)‘YIMBY is a misnomer. They haven’t got backyards’The 5 biggest corporate stuff-ups of 2025James ThomsonLeaders fail because they don’t understand one thing, says this CEOBega CEO reveals his latest health obsession (it’s not only protein)This is the wine young people are drinkingMax AllenWhy everyone is wearing straw hatsA first look at Melbourne’s new $150m luxury hotelKatie Page’s horse sale gets a brush with cultureMichael BaileyBillionaire Rinehart loses bid for helipad at pink-themed HQImmutable late accounts reveal $72m loss despite big revenue growth