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Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The Australian dollar is back! Back above the US$0.73 level that is. The Australian currency rose to around this level back in late-August/early-September after the US Federal Reserve announced a shift into a lower for longer strategy - suggesting that ...

Pinnacle boutique to shut fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... members of GMO's systematic global macro team in 2017. It takes tactical positions in global stocks, fixed income, currency, commodity and volatility markets. Returns at September end were -12.79% for the year, -6.14% p.a. over two years and -5.81% ...

New fixed income boutique launches

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... trading firm QTR Capital, is the head of ESG. Peter Higgs, founder of Brisbane-based specialist global derivative and currency overlay asset management firm TGM, is the chair of the board and the investment committee. All three have post doctorates ...

BetaShares tinkers with ETF lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... this lineup by five products, as it terminates three active ETFs it issued for AMP Capital, BetaShares Agriculture ETF - Currency Hedged (synthetic) (QAG) and the BetaShares Commodities Basket ETF - Currency Hedged (synthetic) (ASX: QCB). Commodity ETFs ...

Pendal profits tumble 25%

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... Pendal tallied up net outflows of $6.5 billion in the year (including the Westpac money). This along with unfavorable currency movements of $2.3 billion as US dollar and British pound impacted its FUM. However, inflows started to pick up between July ...

RBA, CBA, NAB partner for wholesale currency

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... consortium of financial institutions and a blockchain technology company to develop a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) using distributed ledger technology (DLT) for settlement. As a part of the RBA's research on wholesale CBDC, Commonwealth ...

Insight Investment Australia grows team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... Investment has appointed a new investment specialist based in Sydney. Ben Ereira joins the team, working with clients on currency and equity risk management solutions. Ereira spent 15 years at Principal Global Investors as head of passive currency and ...

ASIC to curb huge CFD losses

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... months. Among the many changes, leverage will be restricted to 30:1 for CFDs referencing an exchange rate for a major currency pair; 20:1 for CFDs referencing an exchange rate for a minor currency pair, gold or a major stock market index and 10:1 for ...

Aussie asset managers fourth-fastest in global growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... Vanguard and Fidelity) came out as the largest managers but the report found fast growing asset management markets (in local currency terms) are China (25.5% CAGR over five years), India (14.4%), Brazil (12.9%) and Australia (11.9%). Developed countries ...

Willis Towers Watson director departs for LIC

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... of Russell's GREITs funds. Prior to this, she worked in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia as an accounting intern and currency/inter-banking trader. Willis Towers Watson director of investments Australia Martin Goss said the financial services giant was ...