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Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
The year 2021 is shaping up to be a mirror image of the year that preceded it - annus horribilis 2020 - when economic growth forecasts were being sliced as the coronavirus epidemic that started in China turned into a pandemic of biblical proportions. ...

BetaShares eyes expansion with new shareholder

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
BetaShares chief Alex Vynokur says the firm is open to acquisitions, listing its ETFs overseas and adding a retirement income product, as it brings on a US private equity investor. TA Associates has become a roughly 50% shareholder in BetaShares Holdings ...

Women-led super funds outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... women, a fund first needs to be a good fund. But having lots of women members makes the fund aware and it's a really good start," he said. "For fund members, the implication of this is simple: one of the best signs that you're in a good super ...

Women need to rebuild super: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... I want to share for those women who have withdrawn funds as part of the early release program is to take stock now, and start taking steps to rebuild your super balance," she said. "Our super system is a purpose built, tax friendly way of building long-term ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
According to recent data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, women hold 14.6% of chair positions, 28.1% of directorships and represent 18.3% of chief executives and 32.5% of key management personnel. Perhaps most concerning of all, only 0.4% ...

Chief economist update: Getting hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... respectively. The recovery in oil prices has been initially underpinned by the cold weather in the US and in Asia at the start of the year, along with declining rates of coronavirus infections and vaccine optimism that have allowed the resumption of ...

US upbeat on stimulus, vaccination

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... "That could create a crisis because in a situation where your interest rates are higher than your growth rate, the debt will start to grow in and of itself and spiral and we've certainly seen that happen in places like Italy in Greece. But the US ...

Former Clime investment chief nabs new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Clime's former chief investment officer, who sued Clime and its chief executive Rod Bristow, has moved to MLC Asset Management's multi-asset team. Anthony Golowenko has been appointed portfolio manager in the multi-asset capital markets research ...

Channel starts US business, taps Mellon chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
The Sydney multi-boutique is partnering with the former chief executive of the US$613 billion Mellon Investments to start a new funds management incubator based in New York. The new business will be called Eolas Capital and partner with either US fund ...

Global investor confidence suffers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
Global investor confidence has decreased since the start of the year, with large drops in Asia and Europe dragging down the index, according to State Street. The Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 91.9, down 8.9 points from January's revised ...