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Inflation rises 3.8%, rate rise 'firmly in play'

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026

... potential outperformance this year," he said. "For investors seeking longer duration defensive exposure, fixed rate subordinated bonds are currently yielding close to 6%. In an environment where policy uncertainty remains and growth is moderating, that ...

Channel Capital launches credit fund for wholesale investors

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026

... across global credit markets (allowing the manager to invest where relative value is highest), across high-yield corporate bonds, bank loans, emerging markets debt, and structured finance to capture opportunities and manage downside risk." The strategy ...

RBA veteran leads AOFM review

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026

... capability. The sovereign debt manager has about $993 billion of securities on issue, the lion's share of which are treasury bonds. According to Wilkinson, the AOFM undertook an extensive organisational design process during 2025 to clarify roles and ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS | TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026

... that overall allocation exposure to equities continued to rise to their highest since October 2007, while allocations to bonds and cash decreased further to their lowest since August 2008. State Street Markets head of Asia Pacific (APAC) macro strategy ...

Global pension assets near $90tn: Research

MATTHEW WAI | TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026

... Australia's pension assets remained largely in equities (55%) in 2025, followed by 22% in alternative asset classes, 13% in bonds, and 9% in cash. Commenting, Thinking Ahead Institute director Jessica Gao said 2026 will be shaped by policy decisions ...

RBA lifts the cash rate for first time since 2023

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026

... Bowe said. "With the market pricing the cash rate back above 4% and yields on 10-year Australian Commonwealth Government Bonds reapproaching the highs of the past 15 years we think there is considerable value in Australian duration." The fact that Australia ...

Australian managed funds up $35.9bn in 2025: Calastone

ANGELIQUE MINAS | TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026

... clearly the anchor allocation for Australian investors in 2025." "Even as sentiment shifted through the year, demand for bonds remained resilient. What's also notable is the way investors rebuilt equity exposure as market conditions stabilised- steadily ...

Gold soars over Trump's Greenland rhetoric

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026

... Europe over Greenland is dominating the news flow, an underrated risk is the skyrocketing yields in Japanese long-dated bonds," he said. "Those high yields indicate investor concerns over Japan's significant debt overhang and raise the risk of disorderly ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026

... fixed income ETFs, especially offshore ones, simply because it's easier to trade a bond ETF than it is to trade cash bonds directly," he added. One chief financial officer at a major global insurer located in Australia told Tuckwell that his understanding ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026

A Danish pension fund is divesting all US government bonds from February 1, citing the country's growing debt crisis. Akademiker Pension, the $36 billion pension fund for academics, is selling off all its US government bond holdings, to the tune ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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