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Pendal, Perpetual in acquisition talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
The two entities are in high-level discussions, it's been confirmed. Pendal entered a trading halt shortly after midday yesterday, pending an announcement. Later in the afternoon, the manager announced it is in discussions with Perpetual regarding a ...

Is the wage price spiral narrative a lie?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
Labour costs have played an insignificant role in the recent increase in inflation, according to an Australia Institute analysis. While a plethora of market commentary has expressed concern that aggressive wage growth will elevate inflation levels ...

Rate rises more likely after unemployment plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
The unemployment rate has fallen to 3.5%, the lowest level since 1974, and near-record inflation hasn't subsided, leading experts to believe that aggressive rate hikes will continue. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed the number of ...

Frontier changes strategy, shakes up team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
Frontier has made several changes to its investment team, including naming Shahana Mukherjee as its new macro and quant analytics consultant. Frontier has announced what it is calling an evolution of the management of its investment strategy, capital ...

HESTA hires high profile economist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... full-time anchor for business and markets live-streaming platform ausbiz TV. There, she interviewed top professionals in macro, strategy and funds management and provided instant views on news events when they broke. The bulk of Beacher's career ...

BetaShares grows team amid increased demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
BetaShares has made a raft of appointments, including adding two to its sales leadership team to oversee wealth management and high-net-worth groups. All five appointments are internal promotions and have been made to the ETF manager's sales, distribution ...

Uncertain times calls for portfolio dynamism: Insight

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... demographic shifts of an ageing population, regulatory changes and environmental, social and governance expectations, through to macro-economic challenges posed by the Ukraine war, the pandemic, and their global economic consequences, call for innovative ...

Growth scare likely during second half of 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... 80% of the time. Shifting to investment the report highlighted that global stocks remain unattractive given the current macro backdrop. "Inflation, and the central bank response to quell it, are the key reasons why stocks are still expensive on a cross-asset ...

Young investors undeterred by volatility: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... interesting to see how continued negative news has played a role. "In February and March, we saw investors largely brush off the macro fears, with inflows at 91% of all transactions. April saw some slight attrition at 88% but that has rebounded back ...

Sue Brake to leave Future Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... Future Fund has restructured its investment team "so that the function is best placed to meet the challenges of the evolving macro environment". The team now has three deputy chief investment officers. They are deputy chief investment officer, change ...