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Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... recession, the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 2001 US recession, the 2007-2009 Great Recession, the 2010-2012 European sovereign debt crisis and lately, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Sure, like most other economies Japanese growth has rebounded - by ...

Chief economist update: More manna from UK Treasury

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... increase in both would cost us over £25 billion." Inflation worries and the consequent spike in US bond yields have lifted sovereign bond yields almost everywhere. The yield on UK gilts have risen to a high of 0.80% this year. This is already 73 percentage ...

Venture capital firm in data breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... private equity mandate to help manage the venture and growth portfolio during the course of the 2020 financial year. The sovereign wealth fund has been briefed on the matter, a spokesperson confirmed, adding there is "no cause for concern, but we take ...

Northern Trust hires from Dimensional

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... snagged a $5 billion allocation from ANZ Investments in New Zealand across three asset classes: international credit, sovereign bonds and global equities. Northern Trust Asset Management won the mandate as Vanguard reversed out of the local institutional ...

Big year for ESG ahead: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... Insights 2021 survey. Around 200 executives at different asset owners were surveyed by phone late last year, representing sovereign wealth funds, insurers, endowments/foundations and pension funds. All together the executives manage around $18 trillion ...

Future Fund increases cash again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
The $171 billion sovereign wealth fund increased its cash position to 19.8% or about $34 billion, as it reports a positive year for returns ending December. Future Fund returned 1.7% in the year after positive returns in the September and December quarters ...

Waste key to economic recovery: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... said. "The global pandemic has disrupted global supply chains which challenges Australia to be self-sufficient with sovereign manufacturing capability."

QIC enters private debt, hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... global reputation in infrastructure and ability to bring attractive solutions in an efficient way to institutional and sovereign investors are key reasons we are moving into this capability." QIC said it appointed Jones after an extensive search. "I ...

Future Fund appoints chief investment officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has confirmed the appointment of a chief investment officer after Raphael Arndt, who previously held the role, was appointed chief executive. Sue Brake has been confirmed as the chief investment officer of the Future ...

Former Class Super chief joins regtech board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... chair the Western Australia Health Research and Innovation Fund (FHRI), which is backed by the state's $1.4 billion sovereign wealth fund. Ray was the chief executive of Class Super, which sells SMSF administration software for about four years between ...