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Vale Donald Williams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... being remembered following his passing. Williams began his career as an analyst at AMP in 1990. In 1994 he became a commodity analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston. There, he met Nick Wright and the two would go on to co-found Platypus Asset Management ...

Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... added that unlike large sovereign wealth funds, Australia's retirement savings growth was not dependent on particular commodity prices. "That's what I was struck by, the confidence you have in the growth it's not what one might expect for Australia... ...

Quant fund hires from JP Morgan

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... over 70 diversified and liquid global futures markets, including equity indices, foreign exchange, fixed income and commodity markets. The fund aims to deliver returns with a low correlation to traditional asset classes. The ECCM Systematic Trend Fund ...

Global dividend strength to continue: Plato

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... in the diversified metals and mining sector remains elevated, reflecting negative dividend growth and challenges to commodity prices," he said. "Pockets of the REIT sector still signal elevated risk, for example, real estate development and operating ...

Productivity slump threatens asset returns: Shane Oliver

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... growth but this doesn't help living standards per person," Oliver said. He added that it can also be masked by strong commodity prices, which would inflate national income, but medium-term threats to Chinese growth mean "we cannot rely on that." Oliver ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... inflation is likely to continue to trend down as labour markets are continuing to ease, demand growth is still slowing and commodity prices are in a mild downtrend from their 2022 high," he said. Second, central banks are likely to continue cutting interest ...

Gensler to leave SEC in January

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... He also previously served as chair of the Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Commission and was chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission during the Obama administration. During his time as chair of the SEC, he "led the agency through ...

Market has priced in 'too many' rate cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... inflation could rise again. "There are signs that the economy could re-accelerate in Q1 next year, driven by factors like commodity prices bottoming out, and potential improvement in housing and investment cycles," he said. "The anticipated pick-up of ...

RBA feels 'not enough has changed'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... persistent than assumed. "This could occur, for instance, if rent inflation fell more rapidly, falling petrol or other commodity prices materially reduced firms' cost base or the decline in discretionary spending flowed through materially more quickly ...

GAM Investments loses local lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... and family offices in Australia. Separately, GAM has announced a deal with Galena Asset Management, a specialist in commodity finance and the investment arm of the US$225 billion Trafigura Group. The deal has two main aspects: a global distribution arrangement ...