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RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates unchanged at 4.1% at the April meeting - coming as little surprise to markets and economists. However, the central bank flagged ongoing uncertainty amid fears US tariffs could impact global growth. ...

Anthony Doyle quits Schroders, rejoins Pinnacle

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... model. As for his return to the multi-affiliate investment management firm, Doyle said: "It's exciting to be focused on macro and asset allocation again and provide strategic guidance on investment portfolios." Before Firetrail, he was Fidelity's ...

New gig for JP Morgan's AI guru

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... With an initial focus on the Australian equity markets, his research areas have expanded to cover Asia-Pacific and Global macro investment strategies. Hlavaty is consistently ranked in the top three quantitative researchers by the Peter Lee survey which ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... election last November. As at mid-March, however, the S&P500 is 9% lower from its February all-time high. "Some of the US macro data has not been as strong over the last couple of weeks as well, which is making investors concerned about the macro-outlook," ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... saw a strong performance (+11.4%) in February compared to the overall APAC region (-0.4%)," the note said. "While domestic macro challenges and external geopolitical uncertainties remain unsettled, market optimism has clearly risen on the back of Chinese ...

Global active equity managers suffer their worst year in decades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Global active equity managers faced their toughest year in over two decades in 2024, according to Frontier Advisors. Frontier Advisors said heightened market concentration and US equity dominance created formidable headwinds, with most managers struggling ...

Local family office backs new venture to invest in climate tech

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... diversified exposure to innovation and likely winners that are coming through," he said. Besen also said there are significant macro drivers for climate tech - corporates and investors are particularly focused on both new technologies in the hard to ...

Investment down as uncertainty rises

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
The outlook for business investment has deteriorated over the past year, according to the quarterly Investment Monitor report by Deloitte Access Economics. "The slowdown in the Australian economy has hit business revenues. This has particularly been ...

PIMCO debuts local ETF suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
PIMCO has marked its entry to the Australian ETF space with four new active offerings, providing institutional-grade fixed income opportunities to local investors. The PIMCO Global Bond Active ETF (PGBF), PIMCO Diversified Fixed Interest Active ETF ...

Barrenjoey acquires, expands in Hong Kong

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
Barrenjoey has set up shop in Hong Kong, offering Australian and New Zealand equities sales, trading, and research services following the acquisition of a local business. The firm took over Forsyth Barr Asia from its partner Forsyth Barr to make the ...