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NZ Super Fund adds board member

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... a unique global perspective developed over her varied career. Her appointment comes at a challenging time in financial markets and we look forward to receiving the benefit of her expertise." Mactaggart currently works as an independent director and adviser ...

Investors on red alert despite vaccines

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... tensions and the fastest market correction in history. "Uncertainty continues and concerns are mounting that financial markets may have entered bubble territory. However, fund selectors surveyed view market risk as an opportunity, while acknowledging ...

ASX profits slide, names chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... 2018. Commenting on his decision to retire, Holliday-Smith said it has been a privilege to serve Australia's financial markets as a director and chair of the ASX. "I have enjoyed my time at both the ASX and the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) before that ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... challenge here and tremendous suffering in the country. We've got to address that. That's the biggest risk." Financial markets appear to agree... with both of them. The US equity market continues to rally buoyed the flood of money, money, money ...

Chief economist update: NIRP embedded in BOE forecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
The Bank of England (BOE) gave financial markets what they wanted and kept monetary policy settings unchanged - the bank rate at a record low 0.1% and QE at £895 billion - at its first Monetary Policy Committee meeting on February 4. It was hoping ...

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
A new year, a new administration but its same old, same old for the US Federal Reserve. As expected and in a unanimous decision, the Fed confirmed: "The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at zero to 0.25% and expects ...

ASI appoints new APAC chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... agenda. Buehlmann has over three decades' experience in global wealth and asset management, corporate banking, and financial markets. He spent 29 of those years working with UBS where he was most recently head of asset management Asia Pacific and global ...

Chief economist update: Virus now, inflation later

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... core PCE price deflators stood at 1.1% and 1.4%, respectively, in November. Then again, we can't fault the financial markets for worrying that the Fed's policy largesse and higher US interest rates are nigh. This is because inflation expectations ...

Careful portfolio rebalances needed: First Sentier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... according to First Sentier Investors. In its 2021 outlook, the multi-asset solutions team said that although financial markets have stabilised in several regions, risk remains. "We aren't out of the woods yet. While 2021 is unlikely to see a pullback ...

Franklin Templeton promotes executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... the firm's specialist investment managers, he said, adding that its aim is to help clients navigate the financial markets. Terrence Murphy, chief executive of subsidiary ClearBridge Investments, will see his role expand to take on the head of equities ...