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Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... with the ascent with their US counterparts. This bad news for both existing US and Australian bond holders as the price of bonds fall. The ugly. While recent activity indicators have been improving, risk remains until the coronavirus pandemic is completely ...

TCorp hires CBA capital markets executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... role of head of funding and balance sheet. Rob Kenna leads the team primarily responsible for raising debt in the form of bonds and managing the state's balance sheet. Kenna spent 20 years at CBA, most recently as its head of programmatic funding for ...

Chief economist update: Bank of Canada walks the talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... Bank's quantitative easing (QE) program. Effective the week of April 26, weekly net purchases of Government of Canada bonds will be adjusted to a target of $3 billion. This adjustment to the amount of incremental stimulus being added each week reflects ...

Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... allocation mix of 75% growth and 25% defensive assets across Australian and international shares, property, infrastructure, bonds and cash. When it comes to equities, Rest has excluded companies involved in labour and human rights abuses, unethical supply ...

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... Hong Kong and South Korea recorded similar debt-to-GDP levels. Sivapalan said Australia's 0.76% effective yield on its bonds on issue is much higher than for comparable countries because the economy has been performing strongly. "Investors have enjoyed ...

Mawhinney banned for 20 years

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... connection with any financial products for 20 years. The M Core Fixed Income Notes, M+ Fixed Income Notes and Australian Property Bonds which were advertised to wholesale investors by Mayfair 101 were mentioned specifically in the judgement. Mawhinney ...

Equity Trustees adds new client

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... solution to launching UCITS funds in Europe." Gate is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and invests in equities, bonds, futures, options and alternative assets. "Equity Trustees have shown a true partnership approach throughout the launch ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... moving to a low-carbon economy. The Just Transition for Climate fund, previously the Amundi Responsible Investing- Green Bonds, is the first fund to be fully aligned with the transition to reduce the carbon footprint and to support issuers with their ...

Commonwealth seeks to stop bond class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... in a case brought against the Commonwealth by a 23-year-old student over climate change risk as it relates to government bonds, as the government attempts to stop the class action. Katta O'Donnell is seeking to hold the Australian government to account ...

Northern Trust AM's stellar year

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... launching its own superannuation offering. The changes were across three asset classes (international credit, sovereign bonds and global equities). As an example, Vanguard used an index-tracking strategy in the international credit allocation, with some ...