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Asia leads growing green bond market

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017

Global green bond issuance increased 60% in 2016, continuing the asset class' rapid rise. Fitch Ratings' research shows green bond issuance rose to US$113 billion globally in 2016, underlining investor and issuer interest, especially exposure to environmental ...

Fund managers on fixed income recruitment drive

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017

... of credit Steven Hur, and will focus on bottom-up credit portfolio management. Before this role, Jaehne was a director at Fitch Ratings and a senior research analyst at McKinsey and Company. AMP Capital's global fixed income team also recently announced ...

MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016

... return a balanced budget by the year ending June 30, 2021". Moody's remains doubtful over the government's revised forecasts. Fitch Ratings has no problems whatsoever saying it's still consistent with its AAA rating. Go ahead take their ratings as gospel ...

Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016

UK credit rating The Brexit fallout continues. Credit-rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings have downgraded the United Kingdom's sovereign credit rating. Standard & Poor's lowered the UK's credit rating by two notches, from 'AAA' to 'AA' ...

Britons vote 'Adieu EU'

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016

AMP expands US credit research team

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015

... more than a decade of experience covering consumer sectors. She was previously a senior director of corporate finance at Fitch Ratings. Prior to that she worked at Bain Capital Partners as finance manager and at Brinson Partners as director of equity ...

Over-reliant bank lending slows OECD economic growth

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015

... the structure of finance can lead to improvements in both economic and social well-being," Mann said. Earlier this week Fitch Ratings said a continued slowdown and rebalancing in China, high corporate and household leverage in several economies, and ...

CBA awards $200m mandate to London manager

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015

Commonwealth Bank has awarded a $200 million global equity mandate to a London-based fund manager. Ardevora Asset Management is an equity specialist with US$1.5 billion in assets under management that runs four equity strategies: global long-only, global ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014

... stock market had, no doubt, been boosted by the upgrade to its credit ratings by the three major credit ratings agencies -- Fitch Ratings (27 March), Standard & Poor's (3 May) and Moody's (3 October) - last year to investment grade. It's gonna get even ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:33PM

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA | 11:56AM

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI | 11:09AM

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA | 12:20PM

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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