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ETFs cross $50bn, fixed income leads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
Aussie investors were keen on fixed income ETFs but cooled off on currency and commodities ETFs in the first half, as strong inflows and buoyant markets pushed the total FUM over the $50 billion mark. ETFs attracted $4.4 billion in net inflows in the ...

Franklin Templeton names institutional business director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... duties as director and responsible manager. Prior to that, he was an associate director of fixed income, currency and commodities at Westpac for six years. "With Matthew's vast experience across distribution and investments, we are well positioned for ...

Pension giant cuts tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... industry and falling global smoking rates. Nest already has a tobacco-free policy in its ESG emerging markets fund and commodities fund. The latest announcement weeds it out of all other fund choices including the Nest Retirement Date Funds (which are ...

RBC I&TS Australia lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... him all the very best." At the same time, it was confirmed RBC Capital Markets' head of fixed income, currency and commodities Rob McCormack has been promoted to the newly-created position of head of global markets, Asia Pacific.

Macquarie Capital appoints group co-heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... half of the net profit for FY19. This was followed by markets-facing businesses (47% contribution to net profit), commodities and global markets (25%), Macquarie Asset Management (24%), Macquarie Capital (22%), corporate and asset finance (17%), banking ...

ASIC bans AFSL chief executives

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... saying the companies had offered returns to investors on capital allegedly invested in foreign exchange and futures commodities when they were not licensed to do so. Courtenay House liquidators, Grant Thornton, said in its report to the Supreme Court ...

Aussie blockchain investor goes global

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... director of global markets, Steve Bellotti, and its chief executive is former JP Morgan managing director of Asia Pacific commodities trading, Jon Deane. The firm has acquired a controlling stake, alongside high profile blockchain investor Frank Amato ...

Record tax receipts, record outlays yet back to surplus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... for less than 2% of the total increase in Commonwealth receipts. Receipts growing so rapidly thanks to recovering commodities markets, labour force expansion and companies exhausting most of their GFC tax losses, has enabled Prime Minister Scott Morrison ...

Macquarie expects profit jump

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... $1.2 billion in first half of FY19, as announced on November 2. Macquarie Asset Management contributed 29% to 1H19, commodities and global markets contributed 27%, corporate and asset finance contributed 17%, Macquarie Capital contributed 16% and banking ...

JPMAM global fixed income CIO exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... J.P. Morgan Asset Management's international chief investment officer of the global fixed income, currency and commodities (GFICC) group has departed after nine years. Nicholas Gartside was the co-manager of multi-sector fixed income products and ...