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Australian Bond Exchange, Boston Global Group launch fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... would have been payable had the specified debt securities bene directly acquired. These instruments fix the foreign exchange rate at the date of acquisition by the fund, thereby eliminating exposure to currency fluctuations. As the fund grows, Australian ...

Perpetual restructures asset management leadership, regional chiefs exit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
Perpetual has established a global asset management leadership team as part of a refreshed strategy, leading to changes in its executive committee. In an ASX announcement, Perpetual revealed that its regional asset management units have unified under ...

GAM investors make partial offer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... on July 17, and of 29.1% when considering Liontrust's closing price of GBP 6.43 on the same day and the GBP/CHF exchange rate, the group said. The investor group is not looking to compete with Liontrust's 100% takeover offer, but instead increase its ...

MSCI ponders reclassifying Nigeria, Egypt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
MSCI is consulting with industry as to whether Nigeria should be reclassified as a Standalone Market, while considering doing the same for Egypt. MSCI announced it will continue to consult with market participants on potentially reclassifying the MSCI ...

J.P. Morgan launches three new ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... hedged share class of JEPI, operating in the same manner and same investment strategy, but uses hedging to minimise exchange rate fluctuations. "As investors navigate the high rates and inflationary environment, this solution seeks to provide incremental ...

RBA downplays exchange rate inflationary impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... being offered elsewhere, encouraging workers across the country to shift away from other endeavours. The nominal exchange rate provided a second a margin of adjustment, helping to contain broader inflationary pressures despite strong growth in domestic ...

RBA outlines next phase of bond purchase program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... conditions by lowering bond yields further out the curve and to heap downward pressure on the Australian dollar exchange rate. Successfully the bond purchase program triggered lower bond yields that helped lower financing costs for borrowers, lowered ...

ASIC looks to extend CFD intervention

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
The regulator is seeking support from government to extent its product intervention powers on contracts for difference (CFDs) until they are revoked or sunset in 2031. The product intervention order will expire on 23 May 2022 unless it is extended with ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... date and up 42.4% from the pandemic low plumbed in March last year - aided by the dip in the pound sterling's exchange rate and the fall in the yield on 10-year UK bonds. The British central bank's sanguine forward guidance underpinned these ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... Higher US interest rates would lift the US-Australia interest rate differential and by extension, lower the A$/US$ exchange rate. Onya Australia! The cheaper A$ lifts the competitiveness of "Made in Australia" products and services and at the same time ...