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Chief economist update: ECB keeps it steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... (TLTRO III). This made sense given the positive tweak in the latest ECB staff macroeconomic projections for the single currency region. The September forecasts show Eurozone GDP contracting by 8% in 2020 - better than the 8.7% slump predicted in June. ...

Super fund expands investment exclusions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Heatmap - MySuper products"released in November 2019 Finally, from 1 October 2020, information about HESTA's foreign currency hedge strategy for each investment option will be removed.

Chief economist update: Australia succumbs to pandemic-induced recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... have" back in 1990/91. The Australian economy withstood the US savings and loan crisis of the early 1990's, the Asian currency crisis/Russian debt default/Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) collapse in 1997/98, the September 11 terrorists attacks ...

NPS buffers COVID-19 shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... The performance of its alternative investments was mostly driven by interest and dividend income, as well as foreign currency translation gains from an increase in the USD-KRW exchange rate. NPS is the world's third largest pension fund with KRW752.2 ...

Chief economist update: AUD on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Financial markets view the A$ as a risk currency - it's sold off in times of heightened uncertainty - and has a high growth beta - only bought in times of global prosperity. So Virginia, how do we explain the rise and rise of the Australian dollar ...

Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... "Freddy's" first coming and the social restrictions and lockdowns that followed it, the second wave now hitting the single currency region is slowing economic activity. This is evidenced by the latest IHS Markit Flash Eurozone PMI survey. The flash ...

Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Emerging-market (EM) debt rebounded strongly in the second quarter across hard currency sovereign and corporate credit as well as local-currency debt, according to Eaton Vance. Eaton Vance institutional portfolio manager director and alternative and ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... Arrangements, particularly foreign exchange hedging and the Investment Manager Regime, as well as an expansion of functional currency election to certain trusts and partnerships. The FSC also recommended an overhaul of legacy technology systems, urging ...

GAM records $19bn in outflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... outflows were seen in Q1 and slowed in Q2 to come in at $18.93 billion for the first half, including $5.96 billion in currency movements. GAM saw a reduction in overall costs of at least $99 million as a result of its ongoing efficiency programme, which ...

Former BNY Mellon IM country head joins Westpac

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... for New South Wales and Victoria. The global investment services sources, selects and monitors multi-asset and multi-currency investments for high net worth clients of Westpac's private wealth and business division. "Phil has over 25 years' experience ...