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Chief economist update: Is the A$ becoming a safe-haven currency?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... Australia's credit rating is better than America's - AAA vs. AA. That is, although both are expected to be able to repay debt obligations, Australia can repay them better. This is underscored by our current account and budget balances. The Economist ...

NAB fixed income sales director moves to BOC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... customers." Bank of China deals with Australian superannuation funds and corporates, primarily in originating and selling senior debt for companies including financials. "We believe there are opportunities for local investors to access global issuers ...

US real estate manager eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... and Royal Bank of Canada in previous raisings. Earlier this year, Akindred took on the third-party distribution of private debt boutique Manning Asset Management.

Berkshire to chase growth for InvestSMART

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... opportunities for InvestSMART previously worked on Bob Sahota's boutique Revolution Asset Management, as the private debt manager left Kapstream. Berkshire principal Nelson Lam also worked on Pengana's separation from NAB in 2017 and the transaction ...

AMP Capital boosts Asia presence after record raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
After raising a record US$6.2 billion for its fourth infrastructure debt strategy, AMP Capital is ramping up its presence in Asia and opening new offices. AMP Capital head of Asia Pacific Craig Keary said: "We had a total of 86 investors from 14 countries. ...

Future Fund returns 1.9% for the quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... at 19.2%, emerging market equities at 10%, private equity at 15.8%, property at6.7%, infrastructure and timberland at7.1%, debt securities at 9%, alternatives at 13.7% and cash at 11.4%. "The board remains alert to the uncertain outlook for global growth ...

Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... grows, whether it be in home ownership, investment portfolios or their retirement savings, so does their comfort with amassing debt," he said. "The evidence suggests on a global basis, for every extra dollar a person has in pension assets, their net ...

IOOF acquires OnePath at a discount

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... aligned dealer groups to IOOF in July last year. Under the agreement IOOF paid $800 million and ANZ paid a coupon rate on the debt note subscribed by IOOF. ANZ said it expects the transaction to increase its APRA CET1 capital ratio by around 20 basis ...

Chief economist update: Japan tightens fiscal policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... US$46 billion a year, and intended to cover the cost of supporting its ageing population and pay down its ballooning national debt (the world's highest at 238% of GDP as at 2018 end). While the Japanese government's intention is honourable, the ...

Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... preferred impact investment types amongst active investors and found that diversified financial institutions favoured public debt and public equity, while individual and family offices favoured real assets and investment managers favoured private equity ...