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Plenary hires team of seven from AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
Plenary has bolstered its funds management business, nabbing seven professionals who all worked on one AMP Capital fund. Plenary had already announced that Julie-Anne Mizzi, who had spent 17 years at AMP Capital and led its $1.24 billion Community Infrastructure ...

Charter Hall adds ESG head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
Charter Hall Group has appointed a group head of ESG as it continues to build out its sustainability team and ESG offering. Andrew Cole joins from Lendlease Funds Management where he was general manager, sustainability for five years. Cole was responsible ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
"The demand picture has shown clear signs of improvement." So declared Saudi Arabia's oil minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman as the OPEC+ group of oil producing nations met and decided to gradually increase oil production in July. The OPEC+'s ...

Chief economist update: Recovery flashing hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
The impact of decelerating coronavirus infections, accelerating vaccination momentum - permitting relaxation of restrictions - sprinkled with generous dashes of fiscal and monetary largesse have been captured in Markit Economics' latest PMI surveys. ...

Chief economist update: A half-glass full look at inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
Inflation was the "word" over the week that was. Concerns over US inflation eased somewhat at the start of last week after US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed disappointing labour market stats. The US economy added 266,000 jobs in April, well ...

Digital fact-find gains momentum

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... startup has raised funding from a number of industry participants, advisers and early users. It will raise funds in another round in about 12 months' time. Advice Revolution's advisory board consists of Innovating Advice founder Kate Holmes and ...

No big losers in FY22 budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Just about everyone is a winner in this year's federal budget, with treasurer Josh Frydenberg extending tax cuts, significant measures to enhance women's economic security and a $15 billion infrastructure spend. Delivering the 2021/22 federal ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Wall Street benchmark equity indices closed on the up and up on May 7 - the Dow and the S&P 500 index even rallied new record highs -- the same day the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed disappointing labour market stats. The US economy added ...

Retail funds take out MySuper performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Retail superannuation funds, with the exception of one industry fund, led MySuper performance for the three years to March end, according to latest Rainmaker analysis. Virgin Money Lifestage Tracker 1973-1983 returned 9.3% over three years, followed ...

First Sentier launches ESG debt strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... already attracted a cornerstone investor commitment through a standalone First Sentier managed trust structure, with the first round of loans settled in April. "First Sentier Investors has established a reputation for conservative credit risk oversight ...