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No systemic risk with SVB, but issues remain: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... assets in cash and SVB had 7%, compared with the industry average of 13%. In addition, SVB's 55% of assets in fixed income securities compares with the industry average of 24%." In summary, he concluded the US government's decision to backstop ...

First Super awards ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... equities was the next asset class of consideration. Watson said that the process will now be extended to its credit and fixed income assets.

Industry super defies turbulent markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... favoured by asset managers as more than half (53%) of savings is invested in this asset class. This is followed by fixed income and cash, which account for 19% and 9.5% of asset allocations respectively. Contributions reached $154.4 billion over the ...

NGS Super taps Robeco for major equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... exclusions of tobacco, controversial weapons, nuclear and fossil fuel exposures, said NGS Super head of equities, fixed income and alternatives Lucas Hartmann, also speaking to FS Sustainability. "This is where the tricky bit is - to minimise Scope 1 ...

Australia survives global pension rout

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... had their largest annual decline since the GFC, dropping 16.7% to $47.9 trillion, due to market corrections in both fixed income and equity markets. However, Australia was less impacted, experiencing a 0.1% CAGR in local currency. Australia's relatively ...

Cboe Australia chief exits, successor named

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... at AllianceBernstein, most recently as global co-head of equity trading. She also worked as head of Asia Pacific fixed income and Australia equities trading, and head of trading for Australia and New Zealand. Prior to joining AllianceBernstein in 2001 ...

Challenger reports strong results

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... earnings benefited from favourable macroeconomic conditions, particularly, interest rates rising off historical lows and fixed income credit spreads widening. Higher interest rates have also helped drive margin expansion and demand for annuity sales. ...

ETFs start 2023 with a bang: BetaShares

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... 5.1% month on month for a total of $7 billion, a decent result given the typically lighter January summer period." Fixed income strategy received the highest level of inflows at $233 million, followed by international equities ($169 million). Meanwhile ...

Macquarie profits boosted by commodities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... from client risk management, market access and financing activity across the financial market's businesses including fixed income, foreign exchange, credit, futures and equities. It further reported that Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and Banking and ...

Norwegian wealth fund reports -14.1% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... 0.88 percentage points better than its benchmark index. The fund cited the poor performance of both its equities and fixed income investments, returning -15.3% and -12.1% respectively. Its total real estate returns were -14%. By sector, only energy saw ...