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US, UK hike interest rates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... Federal Reserve and the Bank of England have increased interest rates - with the US pulling the trigger on rates for the first time since 2018. Effective from March 17, the US Federal Reserve increased interest rates by 0.25% to 0.40%. The US unemployment ...

Principals' Community retains BT members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... Costas added that with the response to the COVID-19 pandemic tempering, businesses are "taking a deep breath for the first time in a few years" and looking for opportunities to scale, as well as thinking about succession planning. In response, The Principals' ...

Cbus creates chief member role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... executive, member and employer experience Marianne Walker will now have the new title of chief member officer. It is the first time Cbus has had a chief member officer, with chief executive Justin Arter telling staff at the fund that the announcement ...

More UHNWIs than ever: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... off in 2021, surpassing pre-COVID levels, with many UHNW Australian's entering the private aviation sector for the first time. As the leading hub for private flights in the Australasian region, Sydney's total private flights increased by 21% in 2021 ...

AustralianSuper to grow external mandates, hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... managers Joseph Wahba said mandates for managers covering the Japanese and Indian markets will be on the table for the first time. The fund will also look to build out its China A shares portfolio and appoint a range of sector specific, specialist or ...

Managed accounts demand surges: BTFG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... BT Wrap primarily as their main platform and have since taken the opportunity to implement managed accounts for the first time for their recently migrated clients as well as new clients. This trajectory is expected to continue as the popularity in managed ...

Future Fund now over $200bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has cracked $200 billion in assets for the first time, its latest portfolio update has revealed. Future Fund continued to grow over the December quarter, contributing to an annual return of 19.1% for the calendar year ...

CFD trading declines: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... participants placed at least one CFD or FX trade during the period, down from the peak of 117,000 in 2020. "This is the first time in several research periods that a reduction in market size has occurred, although it is important to note that a comparison ...

Cbus to launch new investment options

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... underlying strategies." Members will also be able to access a low-cost Indexed Diversified option through Cbus for the first time. The fund said it remains committed to active management, but the introduction of the indexed option is a response to growing ...

Investors reveal strong appetite for real estate in 2022

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... Of this total, €31.5 billion is expected to be invested in European real estate over the next two years. For the first time in the history of the survey, which has been consecutively running since 2015, investors selected industrial/logistics as a ...