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Commonwealth seeks to stop bond class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
Orders have been made 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 ...

Global equities continue to soar: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Global equities fared better than Australian equities in the three years to September on a risk adjusted-basis, a new RMetrics report finds. Rainmaker's quarterly RMetrics report looked at Australian and global shares across 270 products. On a risk-adjusted ...

Australian banks among most fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
Australian banks have taken the inauspicious title of second most fined in the world for 2020, according to new data. The research from Finbold found that US banks had to pay the most in fines of anywhere in the world - with 12 fines against US banks ...

Magellan adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
Magellan Financial Group has welcomed a non-executive director with extensive experience in the retail industry to its board. Colette Garnsey has over 40 years' experience in retail, marketing and distribution and is currently the chair of Australian ...

Magellan axes currency hedging in trust

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
A Magellan trust has removed its currency hedging strategy to reduce the downside risk to the portfolio when equity markets and the value of the Australian dollar are both declining. Magellan High Conviction Trust will move to an unhedged approach to ...

Pendal profits tumble 25%

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
Pendal reported $116.4 million or 25% lower net profit after tax in the year ending September, even as inflows started to pick up in the last three months. The figure includes its seed investments' movements which were marked-to-market. If it weren't ...

RBA cuts rate to new historic low

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced another rate cut, bringing the cash rate down to 0.10% for the first time in history. Not only that, but RBA governor Philip Lowe announced a ramp up of quantitative easing measures, bringing in a new ...

Chief economist update: AUD on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Financial markets view the A$ as a risk currency - it's sold off in times of heightened uncertainty - and has a high growth beta - only bought in times of global prosperity. So Virginia, how do we explain the rise and rise of the Australian dollar ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
A 23 year old woman is suing the Australian government, claiming climate change risk was not disclosed properly when she invested in exchange traded bonds. Kathleen (Katta) O'Donnell is being represented by Equity Generation Lawyers principal David ...

Macquarie tops mandate league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
Local institutional investors handed out $43.5 billion of funds management mandates in the year to March end and Macquarie had the most wins, latest league tables from Rainmaker show. Superannuation funds, investment managers (via sub-advisory relationships) ...