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Schroders adds to private debt team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... including holding senior roles at Macquarie Bank and RBC Capital Markets. Kidd said his significant experience in financial markets, and background in executing new offerings, will assist Schroders in its continued development, growth and management ...

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... of this year's most widely read stories, as unprecedented shutdowns and fiscal response wreaked havoc on financial markets. However, ongoing themes around regulatory reform, super fund consolidation, fee pressures and governance also proved popular. ...

Household wealth hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... average wealth. "The September quarter 2020 financial accounts reflected improvements in the Australian and global financial markets, as well as a partial recovery of the domestic economy in response to government and RBA policies, and easing social ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
The European Central Bank (ECB) didn't disappoint financial markets expecting more goodies in their Christmas stockings. While it kept the price of credit unchanged - repo rate at 0%, marginal lending rate at 0.25% and deposit facility rate at -0.5% ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... the statement reads. "Companies have an obligation to disclose their key business risks and opportunities to financial markets and should provide financially relevant, comparable and decision-useful information." It is vital that companies report relevant ...

Chief economist update: Australian capex in COVID-19's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
It wasn't that long ago when financial markets expended much speculation on the outcome of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure" quarterly survey, for not only does it provide an ...

US analysts fail to add value

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... market. The researchers found that analyst recommendations are more valuable in countries with less developed financial markets, including markets with short-selling restrictions and in less individualistic countries. Outside of the US market, it was ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... recovery in China's economy that, in turn, also lifted commodity prices. Good times! The AUD likes good times. Financial markets view the AUD as a risk currency; it's sold in times of heightened uncertainty and correlates positively with good ...

Raiz appoints new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... pursue other interests. "[He] has made a significant contribution to the business through his experience of financial markets, management, product development, compliance and risk management," Lucas said. "On behalf of the board and management I would ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
News that a COVID-19 vaccine is nigh has injected optimism in the world economies, financial markets and commodity markets, including oil. Oil prices jumped to two-month highs - WTI oil to US$41.36 per barrel; Brent oil to US$43.61 - following reports ...