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ASX issues first corporate bond, underwritten by Westpac

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... Issued in Australian dollars, these Notes are targeted at Australian and international institutional investors, excluding retail investor participation. The settlement of the Notes, contingent on preceding conditions, is slated for 26 February 2024. ...

Janus Henderson makes two senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
Janus Henderson Investors appointed a local head of retail research for Australia and hired a sales director from T. Rowe Price. Craig McDonald was promoted to the newly created role of head of retail research for Australia, having previously served ...

UK, Japan slip into technical recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... construction sectors. The services sector recorded three consecutive quarters of negative growth. Subsectors wholesale and retail trade, and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles drove the 0.6% decline in activity in the fourth quarter. Household ...

MA Financial splurges on 13th marina

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024
... largely focused on the active management of alternative assets and has significant investment and operational capability in retail, accommodation hotels, hospitality, and other real estate assets. Earlier in the month, the asset manager dropped $96 million ...

Magellan names Rahmani as new chief, reports NPAT lift

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024
... in the prior corresponding period. Meantime, Magellan also announced plans to launch the Magellan Unconstrained Fund to retail investors. A global equities strategy, the fund will be managed by Alan Pullen and has been running for about two years. The ...

AI poses potential challenge to financial stability: Gensler

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... how one or a small number of tech platforms can come to dominate a field. There's one leading search engine, one leading retail platform, and three leading cloud providers," Gensler said. "I think due to the economies of scale and network effects at ...

Indexed strategies to hit $1tn in two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... goes nowhere near explaining the indexing phenomenon. Instead, the power of ETFs is that they dramatically simplify how retail and wholesale investors can access the low-cost, high-value investment sector," he said. In the 12 months to September 30 ...

Too many Aussies eligible for wholesale products: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... the next decade, nearly one-fifth of Australian households will become eligible to purchase wholesale products without retail consumer protections. Accordingly, the research, undertaken by PwC and Data Analysis Australia, called for a review of wholesale ...

Claremont Global launches ETF range

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
Retail investors can now gain access to the unhedged Claremont Global Fund (CGUN) and the hedged Claremont Global Fund (CGHE) on the ASX. Claremont Global head and co-portfolio manager Bob Desmond said its decision to target the retail market is due ...

Barings builds out local team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... its regional team in line with its long-term growth strategy. The asset manager is building up institutional, wealth and retail businesses in Australia, Greater China and Southeast Asia. Last August, the firm hired Aaron Thirukumar as director of Australian ...