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Chief economist update: OECD upgrades global growth but advises continued policy support

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... supported by the quickening and expansion of the coronavirus vaccine roll-out and the massive fiscal stimulus in the United States. The OECD predicts global GDP to grow by 5.8% this year and by 4.4% in 2022. This compares with the 5.6% and 4.0%, respectively ...

Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... changing landscape is creating geopolitical tensions. Ashley Townshend, director of foreign policy and defence at United States Studies Centre said the US is playing catchup when it comes to China, applying progressively aggressive policy in response ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... into local currency. The bad. Australia would be forced to compete for the higher interest rates offered in the United States. As we've witnessed over the past few months, Australian bond yields (and those of other major economies) have risen in ...

ANZ, CBA settle class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... the US related to the trading of bank bill swap (BBSW) products in 2016. The class action commenced in 2016 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac and other global banks. The class ...

Changes on Lazard Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... also hired Justyna Mignani as an analyst on the team. She previously worked at long/short value hedge fund in the United States, according to Morningstar which has retained its bronze rating on the fund after the personnel changes. The fund is offered ...

T. Rowe Price hires ETF consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... ETF industry which ended February with over $96 billion in total assets. T. Rowe Price has an ETF business in the United States, which last year expanded to include actively managed ETFs. But it doesn't currently offer ETFs in Australia, unlike its ...

Chief economist update: Getting better, but not better enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... the RBA... "The positive news on vaccines together with the prospect of further significant fiscal stimulus in the United States has seen longer-term bond yields increase considerably over the past month. This increase partly reflects a lift in expected ...

Channel starts US business, taps Mellon chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... Australia for nearly a decade, and we're confident that with Des as our partner, we will expand successfully in the United States," Channel co-founder and managing director Glen Holding said. Channel was started in 2013, and now has 30 employees. ...

Channel Capital expands overseas

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... Islands and other offshore investment funds. The business will focus on starting and running funds domiciled in the United States, Cayman Islands and other offshore financial centres. It will also ensure ongoing compliance with regulatory obligations ...

Connectus empowers advisers with Excelerate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... cybersecurity. Local customisation will be available to Australian firms and those in the United Kingdom, in addition to the United States. Focus co-founder and chief operating officer Rajini Kodialam said the program "will provide advisers with all ...