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New fixed income boutique launches

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... specialist global derivative and currency overlay asset management firm TGM, is the chair of the board and the investment committee. All three have post doctorates, Baylis in econometrics, Higgs in economics and Richards in math. In operations, former ...

AustralianSuper dodges advertising scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... and how effective that has been in acquiring new members. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk faced the Standing Committee on Economics chaired by MP Tim Wilson this morning, staying mum about how the super fund with 2.3 million members spent its ...

Chief economist update: More money for reimposed lockdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... country. But rest assured that the BOE wouldn't be dropping the ball. In its policy statement, it pledged that, "...the Committee stands ready to take whatever additional action is necessary to achieve its remit. The Committee does not intend to ...

Super fund execs accused of quasi-insider trading

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... recent market volatility, in behaviour he likened to insider trading. During questioning of ASIC and APRA at the Standing Committee on Economics, Wilson suggested that some people working at super funds - perhaps privy to market sensitive information ...

State Super appoints academic oversight body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... Antic is head of data science at Australian National University. Reporting to the State Super Management Investment Committee, the AOB will oversee the use of data science and machine learning. State Super chief investment officer Charles Wu said: "State ...

Rest appoints three investment specialists

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
Rest announced the appointment of three new members to its board investment committee, including the former chief executive of Pendal Group and a UBS veteran. Michael Bargholz, Deep Kapur and Anne Anderson will join the five person investment committee ...

Chief economist update: RBA negative on negative interest rate policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... wave speculation in Australia comes soon after the Bank of England (BOE) divulge in its September 17 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) report that: "The MPC had been briefed on the Bank of England's plans to explore how a negative bank rate could be ...

Chief economist update: Zero beyond 2023

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
The US Federal Reserve's new monetary policy framework - lower interest rates for longer or average inflation targeting - (virtually) announced at the August 27 Jackson Hole Symposium is now live. The Fed kept policy settings unchanged at its 15-16 ...

Super fund boss remuneration on the agenda

KARREN VERGARA, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... reduce, a public hearing found. Hostplus chief executive David Elia appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics yesterday, answering questions about the impact the global pandemic is having on executive pay. Chair Tim ...

AMP swears it will change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... mutual trust and respect, which in turn drives high performance." Meanwhile, at the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics public hearing AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari was peppered with questions about AMP's recent scandals. ...