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Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... El-Erian, who was chief executive of Harvard's endowment and PIMCO, published The Only Game in Town in 2016, presenting central banks as the key driver of the economic agenda. But now it's governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation chief ...

Solutions to avoid concentration risk: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... "similar sector and market beta characteristics". The Australian market has long experienced the prolonged domination of large banks and resource stocks. Now, the US and Europe are experiencing a similar environment as a small number of large caps dominate ...

AZ NGA positions for growth with key appointment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... going forward," Blackledge said. "The financial advice sector has transformed over the last 5-7 years, with the exit of the banks and the larger institutions and the rise of professional advisers. The investment AZ NGA is making in the industry will ...

Macquarie AM expands $300m active ETF platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... diversified portfolio of subordinated bonds in the Australian market and will specifically target those issued by Australian major banks and other financial institutions to provide an alternative solution. MAM chief investment officer and global head ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... Mitchel said. "This proposal is further evidence that Peter Dutton and the Coalition are unashamedly on the side of the big banks, not workers. When super funds allow workers to have a seat at the table, the evidence is clear, they generate higher returns ...

Moonfare launches in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... to fill that gap by providing seamless access to globally leading top-quartile managers," he said. Singapore-based Adam Banks, who is Moonfare's head of Asia Pacific, said: "Our APAC investor relations team is in active discussions with potential ...

ASIC calls out super trustees over 'weak' anti-scam practices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... trustees also revealed they lacked many of the foundational anti-scam practices that ASIC has identified in relation to banks. ASIC said none of the trustees had a scams strategy, dedicated reporting on scams, or reviewed their scam prevention, detection ...

Global dividend strength to continue: Plato

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... "Interestingly, although US bank yields are generally lower than those in Australia, the gap between the Commonwealth Bank and global banks is rapidly shrinking. In fact, for some banks like US Bancorp, investors can actually achieve a higher net yield ...

Payton Capital strengthens NSW leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... Melbourne, and Perth offices. Turner is a banking specialist who has held leadership roles at ANZ, Suncorp, and Bendigo Banks, where he covered commercial banking and property finance. Notably, during his tenure as state manager for commercial & property ...

More climate exits as Trump takes charge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Northern Trust and two other asset managers have left Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) as four banks exit the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). Northern Trust is the latest to depart both CA100+ and Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM); MFS Investment ...