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Corporate borrowing hits all-time high despite interest rates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... corporate net borrowing. Deals in the healthcare sector, including Pfizer's purchase of Seagen, accounted for nearly one third of the rise. However, across all sectors, Janus Henderson estimated that takeovers net of disposals contributed to about half ...

AIA Australia releases new member insurance portal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... trustees and expedite claims decisions. Additionally, it provides secure digital access for solicitors, carers, and other third-party representatives, which AIA claims will allow them to efficiently handle and track claims on behalf of members. Members ...

ETF price war heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
... Australia 200 ETF, its cheapest product with a fee of 0.04% p.a. increased its allocation from 11.4% to 13.4%. VanEck had the third largest drop in asset-weighted fees, from 0.41% to 0.39% p.a. Over the past year, VanEck reduced fees on four of its 38 ...

Qualitas secures additional $300m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
... Investment Authority (ADIA) for its existing Qualitas Diversified Credit Investments (QDCI) platform. This represents ADIA's third commitment to QDCI and brings the total committed to $1.67 billion since ADIA's initial investment in August 2022. The ...

Bennelong takes on fledgling boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Two former Magellan portfolio managers have set up a new boutique and joined forces with Bennelong Funds Management to launch a global small and mid-cap strategy. Canopy Investors was established in February 2023 by Kris Webster and Michael Poulsen ...

Inflation spikes again sparking rate rise fears

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... 4%, up from 3.4% in February. Canstar group executive, financial services Steve Mickenbecker said the increase marks the third trot, confirming that inflation is off trajectory from hitting the RBAs 2-3% target range. "The increase in the CPI Indicator ...

SSGA appoints new chief operating officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... asset management divisions. In that role, he was responsible for technology strategy, application design and development, third-party product integration and production management of the technology platforms supporting the business enterprises within ...

Telstra flags ditching venture capital arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... earned from a range of global institutional investors," Ackland said. In 2022, Telstra Ventures announced the close of its third fund, which it has a 50% stake in. It has a 62.5% interest in the Telstra Ventures Fund II. Its Revenue Acceleration Platform ...

Systematic investing in fixed income: Critical success factors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... for companies' financials across multiple fields and cover many fixed income classes globally," AllianceBernstein said. Third and final, the fund manager said any investors who can't effectively assess a bond's liquidity won't see success. "To keep up ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... and large energy users throughout Australia. Before that, he served as the chief financial officer for Tarong Energy. The third recruit Mark Irwin also joins as a senior adviser. He currently runs ADBRI - one of Australia's pioneering construction ...