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ETP provider fined for misleading promos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... has been slapped with ASIC fines totalling more than $25,000 for making misleading statements online. Australian Corporate Bond Company, provider of XTBs, has paid $25,200 in penalties for making misleading statements on its website in promotion of the ...

Chief economist update: The RBA capitulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
N-E-U-T-R-A-L! It was a hard slog swimming against the tide, but this space has finally been vindicated by RBA Governor Philip Lowe's change of heart with regards to guidance on Australian monetary policy. The next move in "interest rates is likely ...

Bill Gross announces retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... career as a wonderful ride in which he has always tried to put client interests first when inventing and reinventing active bond management. Thanking both firms and their respective teams, he said nothing is possible without a team working together with ...

Tough quarter for world's largest pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
The world's largest pension fund lost about $186 billion in the three months to December 31, as equities performed poorly. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)'s total assets dipped to $1.9 trillion in the third quarter of FY18 (in Australia ...

Yarra Capital adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
The boutique has hired an AustralianSuper analyst after it took over the management of UBS's Australian equities funds last year. Olivia Dalton started at Yarra Capital Management two weeks ago. She will cover industrial stocks, working alongside ...

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... followed soon after by Rome and Belgium's stoush over the new Italian government's proposed budget, resulting in Italian bond yields surging to four-year highs. Italian 10-year bond yields have recently come down from the 2018 peak of 3.63% to ...

Challenger boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... Challenger's multi-boutique business, Fidante Partners, has a 30% stake in Ardea. In December, The Ardea Real Outcome Bond Fund (ASX: XARO) became the first launch out of the ActiveX banner as Fidante dipped its toes in active ETFs to raise capital ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
As the Reserve Bank of Australia holds the cash rate at 1.5%, economic conversations are moving from a rise to a cut. AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver earlier this month said the RBA could cut to 1% by the end of 2019, with the first rate cut ...

Rest launches low-cost indexed options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... World ex-Australia ex-Tobacco Net Dividends Reinvested Index, Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Years Index, Citigroup Global Bond Index ex-Australia (hedged to AUD) and Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index. The Australian Shares Indexed option aims to perform ...

Ironbark dumps investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Ironbark Asset Management is replacing the underlying investment manager of one of its funds, saying its strategy is unlikely to benefit investors over the long term. Ironbark is dropping K2 Advisors as manager of its Global Diversified Alternatives ...