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FASEA welcomes new directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... re-appointments of Integra Financial Services founder Deborah Kent and former Consumer Action Law Centre co-chief executive Carolyn Bond The Government confirmed all four directors have been appointed on three year tenures.

Kapstream co-founder announces retirement

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... co-founder Bill Gross left the company and joined Janus Henderson Investors, Palghat co-managed its global unconstrained bond fund with Gross but left after a year. Kapstream's back office, administrative and retail distribution services continue ...

Chief economist update: Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... its monetary policy committee met on 21 March and voted unanimously to keep the Bank Rate unchanged at 0.75 and maintain bond purchases at £435 billion, the Bank of England (BOE) declared its future actions would largely depend on Brexit. "The economic ...

Coalition to boost retail access to corporate bonds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... part of the 2019 Federal Budget, the Morrison Government has committed to consulting on reforms to develop the corporate bond market. Following the release of the Budget, Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert said: "A strong retail corporate bond market ...

Chief economist update: Rosy assumptions a Budget surplus make

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... last time Australia enjoyed a Budget surplus (to the point that speculations back then was that Australia doesn't need a bond market no longer, it doesn't need to borrow money from the rest of the world) - when the surplus, equivalent to 1.7% ...

JPMorgan portfolio manager leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... and Australian equities, bonds and cash primarily but also takes positions in derivatives (equity options and futures and bond futures) and is classified as an alternative strategy at Morningstar. Its mFund had returned -5.81% in the year to February ...

Chief economist update: China stitches it in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... CNY2.0T [US$298 billion] in tax cuts announced, including a 3% cut to top bracket VAT rate. Raised local government special bond issuance to CNY2.15T from CNY1.3T last year to aid infrastructure investment. Signaled looser liquidity stance by pointing ...

New director at BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... development and marketing. Baker has a focus on global fixed income including a range of benchmark-aware and unconstrained bond strategies as well as Australian fixed income strategies. He joins BlackRock from Mercer Investment Consulting where he worked ...

Chief economist update: The Fed should act now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... 2.6% in August 2006 - that seemingly gave credence to then Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's rationale that the drop in US bond yields at the same time that fed funds rate were being raised - "interest rate conundrum" was likely due to the global savings ...

Channel Capital signs on new partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... been coming down here for many years for its institutional investor base." Channel Capital now has seven partners: sovereign bond manager Jamieson Coote Bonds; Mark Landau's long-short boutique L1 Capital; private debt manager Revolution Asset Management ...