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Boutique recruits portfolio manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... at VFMC as senior portfolio manager of fixed interest and absolute returns after three years. He joined the government agency in 2015 as portfolio manager. Prior to VFMC, Wilson spent more than seven years at ANZ, working in rates trading in Sydney and ...

Future Fund becoming more expensive to operate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... fees incurred. In the latest financial year results, three out of four areas drove up costs for the sovereign wealth fund: agency remuneration (up 16%), consultant fees (up 22%) and agency operations (up 28%). Contract costs with investment managers ...

Fed to ban policymakers stock, bond trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... stocks as well as active trading by policymakers and senior staff. They will also not be able to hold individual bonds or agency securities, nor can they enter into derivatives. Further, to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest in the timing of ...

Economic recap: Week to October 15

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... reductions in the pace of asset purchases, by $10 billion in the case of Treasury securities and $5 billion in the case of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS)." "Participants generally commented that the illustrative path provided a straightforward ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide a partial exemption for documents handled by the Future Fund Board and Agency related to its investment activities. This would reduce the risk of disclosing highly sensitive confidential or commercial ...

What will it take to get super on parental leave?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... super guarantee on its scheme. ISA released a report on the issue in partnership with former Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) director Libby Lyons, arguing that paying super on parental leave is the most practical way to address the gap in super ...

Gauging the Future Fund's MySuper potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... seven-year period. Still, Rainmaker said a national MySuper product with investments managed by the Future Fund Management Agency has the potential to be the lowest cost product in the market. Its last annual report shows total costs of 1.13%, comprised ...

State Street bolsters cybersecurity, recruits 400

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... Dublin, Drogheda and Naas. The new unit, which will house the 400 new recruits, will be located at Industrial Development Agency (IDA) Ireland Business and Technology Park in Kilkenny where State Street already has some 600 staff. The new roles range ...

Equal Pay Day offers sobering reminder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... over the last year, Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart pointed out. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), the national gender pay gap is 14.2%, up 0.8 percentage points over the past six months. A year ago, it was 14%. The ...

Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... to the US$120bn in monthly asset purchases -- at least US$80bn in Treasury securities per month and at least US$40bn in agency mortgage-backed securities per month - the Fed has been making to support the US economic recovery. All good... "if the economy ...