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BlackRock appoints APAC head of wealth

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... development initiatives across the region. His service with the firm dates back to 2005, when he was a director of strategy for Barclays and later a principal at BGI, which BlackRock acquired in 2008. He worked closely with BlackRock's APAC business ...

Federal Reserve bumps interest rate by 0.75%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... believes the Fed will raise the funds rate to 4.25%-4.5% by early next year before taking a U-turn in policy. Meanwhile, Barclays Research said: "With [Federal Reserve chair Jerome] Powell suggesting a high bar for slowing the pace of hikes, we now expect ...

RBA signals further interest rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... per meeting or possibly even paused as the RBA assesses the collateral damage of rapid-fire hikes to date. Similarly, Barclays said the tone of the RBA suggests that it plans to keep hiking, though it has likely finished the process of normalising the ...

RBA anticipated to lift the cash rate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... be relatively straightforward: inflation engines such as wages and retail demand continue to surprise to the upside." Barclays said: "We expect the current account surplus to surge. We expect the RBA to slow its hiking cycle by increasing rates by 25 ...

Strong wage growth lags inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... shortages are acute," Grant said. "That will put more pressure on wages costs over the remainder of the year." Meanwhile, Barclays commented that growth in the Wage Price Index was steady in Q2, albeit slightly slower than the consensus forecast. Still ...

China records historic trade surplus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... exports exceeded market expectations again in July, supported by shipments to ASEAN and the European Union. According to Barclays, this result demonstrates that the disruptions from China's recent Covid restrictions are relatively minute. Barclays ...

Rate rises more likely after unemployment plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... point move was never on the table as an option. Then again, Lowe once said Australia's inflation was transitory. Barclays expects the RBA to hike aggressively until the official cash rate reaches 2%. After the cash rate reaches this minimum 2% floor ...

Payton Capital expands to Sydney

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... Hill has more than 10 years' experience in commercial property finance. He's previously worked with BankSA, Bankwest, Barclays, and ING. Brett Brisco has been welcomed as the Payton Capital's state manager of property finance. Brisco comes with a 20-year ...

Acadian to build systematic credit capability

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... credit long-short. Richardson has over 15 years of experience in leading both systematic equity and credit investing at Barclays Global Investors/BlackRock and AQR. He also has over 25 years of experience in academia at various top-tier institutions ...

Global fintech Smart expands pension offering to Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... partnership with Zurich, in Ireland with the Bank of Ireland, in the UK through Smart Pension and in partnership with Barclays business banking, and across the US. Backed by the likes of J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Legal & General Investment Management, Link ...