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Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... accordingly to the rate reduction. After dropping by 1.2% two weeks after the Fed cut interest rates on July 31, the Bloomberg US dollar spot index climbed even higher to a reading of 99.37 - its highest reading in more than two years - as its central ...

Portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... is unconstrained, with an absolute return objective. Since the Australian-domiciled fund's inception, it beat the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill by 1.45% p.a. with a 3.74% p.a. fund return. Boyd was responsible for day-to-day management of the strategy ...

Chief economist update: Foolish takeaway on US-China talks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... trade talks between the US and China - though it won't be happening this month as expected - will happen in October. Bloomberg reports: "Chinese Vice Premier Liu He agreed to a visit in "early October" during a telephone call on Thursday morning ...

Members shift to industry super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... This has come at the expense of retail funds which saw net benefit transfers of -$20.9 billion," Ross said. At a recent Bloomberg event, top of mind for a panel of superannuation industry experts was the possibility of the retail fund sector regaining ...

Industry fund awards $150m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... positive environmental and social impact projects. The bond, hedged in Australian dollars, is benchmarked against the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index. AIM will provide investors an annual report measuring the positive impacts of bond-funded ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
We're now all too familiar with the heightened volatility in financial markets; the slowdown in global economic growth, led by rising expectations for a US recession (and perhaps, Germany); the trade war - US and China, Japan and South Korea; Brexit ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... But they are now looking for a way out as Ancestry.com's debt levels climb up and revenue growth slows, according to Bloomberg News. GIC and Silver Lake will lend more money to Ancestry.com which will go towards funding a special dividend, the report ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... August 7 supports the bond markets' dim view over the prospects for economic growth and inflation. Not only that, a Bloomberg report (dated July 23) shows that it's already preparing for the worst. "In a paper presented to finance minister Grant ...

BlackRock partners with $23bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... index fund similar to the ESG Australian Bond Index Fund the two launched earlier this year. Benchmarked to a customised Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Select ex-fossil fuels index, the iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund is designed to ...

London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... largest listed global financial markets infrastructure provider by revenue, turning the LSE into the main rival of Michael Bloomberg's financial news and data empire. It would also transform the LSE, currently best known for running stock exchanges and ...