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Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... out wrong...again. Bill was still head honcho at PIMCO (in 2011) when he decided in March of that year to exit the US Treasury market completely, expecting interest rates there to climb on expectations that the Fed would end QE2 by the middle of the ...

Aussie currency drives fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... non-operational cash reserves. HSBC Global Asset Management head of Australia and New Zealand, Geoffrey Pidgeon said both regional treasury centre clients across Asia-Pacific and Australian clients have commented on the lack of diversified cash management ...

Australians raid super to pay for medical expenses

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... 15,000 Australians accessed their superannuation accounts to pay for medical bills according to a report released by Treasury. In a radio interview, Australian Medical Association president Michael Gannan said the most common form of medical care sought ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... that time," he said. "One asset class that could be good during this time is shorter-term bonds. I think if two-year Treasury yields get up to 2%, and they're not very far from that now, they'd be a good buy." Bookings are now open for the 2018 Financial ...

Industry association targets super gaps

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... coverage through their superannuation. Related story: gigSuper reaches out to self-employed In its recommendations to Treasury, the AIST recommends the removal of the $450 per month income threshold on the superannuation guarantee (SG), the recommencement ...

Omega welcomes new portfolio management lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... over 20 years' experience across fixed income, equities and investment strategy, having also previously held roles with Treasury Corporation of Australia, AXA Investment Management and Westpac. The $4 billion fund manager said Tung's experience and specialist ...

America is full

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... for higher wages? Inflation expectations - as measured by the yield differential between nominal US Treasuries and the Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) have come down in recent months - from a high of 2.05% in February this year to 1.88% ...

ANZ Wealth business governance head departs for Vanguard

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... including global head of policy - markets risk, head of risk remediation and acting head of risk, head of market and treasury risk for New Zealand, head of risk - margin lending and senior manager - market risk. His move to Vanguard follows ANZ Wealth's ...

Custody specialist moves from J.P. Morgan to RBC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
RBC Investor and Treasury Services has recruited its second senior custody specialist from J.P. Morgan in the space of a month as the firm strengthens its operations in Asia Pacific. Marian Azer will take on the dual role of managing director, head ...

Real AM launches multi-asset portfolios for HNW clients

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... ($34.5bn) in assets under administration. Among its services, Enhance provides investment reporting, wealth consultancy and treasury services to trust companies, charities and private clients. Outside of Jersey, it has operations in London, Singapore ...