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Threats outside the Australian financial system build: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... unexpected macroeconomic outcomes and fragilities in market functioning could lead to a "disorderly adjustment in financial asset prices," leaving financial markets vulnerable to adverse shocks. "Current pricing in financial markets appears to be predicated ...

T. Rowe Price launches bond fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... structurally higher bond yields, higher volatility and greater dispersion between countries creates new opportunities for asset owners to think about their global fixed income program," he said. During February, the fund increased its underweight duration ...

UniSuper appoints new head of fixed interest

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... strategies at boutique firm Plato Investment Management. Prior to that, he was co-founder of Omega Global Investors, a global asset management company that provides products and services to institutional and retail clients. At Omega, he served as managing ...

Why BlackRock is taking a risk-on view

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
BlackRock has high hopes, at least in the short term, that market sentiment is set to improve. In a market update, the asset manager said the potential for falling inflation, nearing interest rate cuts and solid corporate earnings will support "cheery ...

Platypus AM appoints new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
Platypus Asset Management has appointed a new chief executive following the retirement of Gary Adamson. Jelena Stevanovic, who joined Platypus as a senior equities analyst in 2008 before being appointed portfolio manager for Platypus' flagship equities ...

Perpetual awards State Street subsidiary a major mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
Perpetual has appointed State Street subsidiary Charles River to manage front office operations for its Australian asset management business. Perpetual's Australian asset management business will use Charles River's Investment Management Solution (Charles ...

Why this fundie sees the economy making a hard landing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... to manage margins, while avoiding stocks with valuation risk," Birtles said. Internationally, an investor note from Ophir Asset Management casts a similarly grim outlook. The Sahm Rule, a recession indicator that signals that a recession begins when ...

Funds SA recruits from LGT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... strong, long-term investment outcomes for our clients." Just last week, Funds SA confirmed the departure of its head of asset allocation. Brendan Hallett left the institution to return to the east coast; he had been in the role for three years.

Wholesale investor tests up for parliamentary review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... determine if an investor is a "sophisticated" one. Two of the most popular are the product value test whereby an investible asset is $500,000-plus. The other is the individual wealth test in which an investor has either net assets of $2.5 million or ...

New SMSF solution for Islamic Australians launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... way. Islam said members of the Islamic community in Australia overwhelmingly preferred to invest in property over any other asset class because of its physical nature and history of steadily increasing value. However, borrowing money to buy property ...