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Chief economist update: ECB keeps it steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
They came, they deliberated, they...well...didn't do anything. At its September 10 meeting, the European Central Bank's (ECB) governing council decided to keep interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 0.00%; marginal lending facility rate at ...

OpenInvest names chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Melbourne-based fintech OpenInvest has appointed a veteran board member and former NAB executive as chair. Spiro Pappas has over 30 years' experience in financial services and is currently chair of Splitit, Atlas Iron Limited and Cognian Technologies ...

Mainstream expands private equity offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Mainstream Fund Services has expanded its private equity services in the Asia-Pacific region. Mainstream said it brought its US private equity solution to Asia-Pacific, to allow general partners to benefit from one complete system for accounting, CRM ...

Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Don't look now but it appears that it's not just COVID-19 seeing a second wave. Saudi Arabia is also taking a second bite on oil price discounting. Bloomberg reports that, Saudi Arabia's state producer, Saudi Aramco, has cut its key Arab ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
Total assets held by Australia's super funds rose almost 20% in 2019, with 16 now sitting within the top 300 pension funds worldwide, new analysis shows. In stark contrast to this year, Aussie super funds enjoyed an extremely positive 2019, according ...

Ardea IM announces research partnership

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
The $15 billion fixed income specialist has announced a new research partnership, set to strengthen its academic research capabilities to the benefit of clients. Ardea Investment Management has partnered with the University of Technology Sydney to create ...

Demand for advice rises

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
The number of Australians seeking financial advice has doubled from five years ago, a new report finds. According to Investment Trends, 2.6 million non-advised Australians want the services of a financial planner over the next two years. This demand ...

Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
Most institutional investors are seeking alternative investments to safeguard against COVID-19 volatility. New CoreData Research reveals nearly half (40%) of the 459 participants it surveyed between June and July will ramp up allocations to alternatives ...

Australia most active region in Q2: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
New research has revealed that Australians were the most active institutional investment community within the Asia Pacific region in the second quarter of the year, with interest directed to long-only Australian equity strategies. The research, by institutional ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top despite recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
While we, Australians all, continue to shudder at the economy's first recession in 29-years, our nation - to use Old Blue Eyes' song - remains "Top of the list, King of the hill, A number one..." It may not be Einstein's "relativity theory" ...