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Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... and industry initiatives," Welsh-Rose said. And as for external ratings from agencies like MSCI, Sustainalytics and Bloomberg these have their place but also their limitations. Aberdeen Standard Investments leverages external research to complement its ...

JP Morgan's coronavirus contingency plan

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... access capabilities so as to ensure the firm can continue to serve its customers in the event of a pandemic. According to Bloomberg, there are 127,137 employees in the firm's consumer banking business in the US. About 10% of these employees will ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... authorities are now fashioning their own "C" word response. "C" for concerted or coordinated action... take your pick. As Bloomberg reports: "Group of Seven finance ministers will hold a teleconference this week to coordinate their response to the coronavirus ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... "Such interest might be due to the strong performance from both the Australian and global fixed-interest markets; the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+Yr TR and Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate TR Hedged AUD indexes returned 7.26% and 7.19%, respectively ...

Janus Henderson to launch active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... decisions between cash, longer duration fixed interest securities and higher yielding securities with the aim of beating Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index and Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+ Yr Index (equally weighted). It has been running since 2009 ...

Chief economist update: Phase one deal signed, sealed and delivered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... purchase commitments and skepticism about whether it can hit that number." "Also some lingering disappointment from recent Bloomberg report that tariff relief unlikely until after the election. Multiple reports also reiterated how the deal does not address ...

Global firm secures $500m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... benchmark by using a multi-sector, absolute return fixed income approach. GSFM said the portfolio aims to outperform the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index by 2-3% gross per annum over a three year period. "The central pillar of the strategy is income ...

Chief economist update: Fed pause could be a short one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
Here we go again, the never-ending Sino-Yankee trade deal or no deal saga. This from Bloomberg: "Chinese officials are casting doubts about reaching a comprehensive long-term trade deal with the U.S. even as the two sides get close to signing a "phase ...

US manager eyes Aussie retirement income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... over ten years to June, while three year returns are 8.65% to benchmark's 9.47%. The benchmark is blended index 25% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and 75% MSCI World Index. It's shares component has a lower standard deviation (volatility) ...

Chief economist update: It's the money, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... that signalled the 2007-2009 recession - of 37.9% to 34.8%. The recent weakening in the US dollar also helped - the Bloomberg US dollar spot index has depreciated by 2.1% from a 2019 high of 99.337 at the end of September to 97.28 in mid-October. It's ...