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Fidelity launches global bond fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... gross asset specialist Lukasz de Pourbaix added that the fund offers several benefits for investors in the current environment. "We're arguably edging closer to the end of the interest rate tightening cycle," de Pourbaix said. "Should central banks begin ...

Global economy to grow at a slower positive rate

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... added that global investment markets also prove to be consistently resilient over the long-term. "With the future environment appears complex, we believe investors should remain mostly invested in risk assets (as part of a balanced portfolio) over the ...

Rest awards impact mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... East. "We are fully aligned with this philosophy and as such, are ecstatic to have partnered with Rest on our Global Environment Equity Strategy, which looks to provide superior investment returns in the medium to long term through its focus on decarbonisation. ...

MLC Life Insurance hires from Cbus

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
MLC Life Insurance has appointed Mirella Robinson to the newly created role of chief technology officer. Robinson, who brings 20 years' experience to the role, most recently served as chief information and technology officer at Cbus. Prior to Cbus ...

JANA wins mandate from public sector super fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... diverse clientele seeking institutional-quality investment opportunities and implementation. "In today's volatile market environment investors need to be equipped with a well-diversified investment portfolio across a range of asset classes. With our ...

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... story is over. Taking a geopolitical view and qualifying his prediction as one that "will sound crazy" in the current environment, Australian Retirement Trust chief economist Brian Parker said he is optimistic there will be a positive aftermath to what's ...

Twynam Group targets US$50m for new fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... rural landholder in Argentina and Australia. "With an agricultural background, we've always been interested in the environment, and in particular decarbonisation," Kahlbetzer said. "I even went to COP 4 in Buenos Aires in 1998." The Kahlbetzer family ...

Funds SA hires ESG expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... collaborating with industry groups on human rights and natural capital. Thorpe previously worked as an energy and environment manager at Tokyo-based GR Company, the government relations and strategic public policy firm, and as a project and executive ...

Rest invests in agriculture fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
Rest has invested in an agriculture-focused fund that focuses on sustainable farming, practices and companies. Rest has allocated capital to Cibus Fund II, which "focuses on delivering strong returns through investment opportunities related to the food ...

SIX launches share platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... collaboration with The Reichstein Foundation, Bob Brown Foundation, Ethinvest, Ethical Investment Advisers and NGOs Ekō, Environment Tasmania, Neighbours of Fish Farming and Living Oceans Society on the campaign to change the Woolworths and Coles salmon ...