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Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... dividend recovery has powered ahead in 2022, on the back of strong commodity prices and the return to form of Australia's big banks." Reverberating Shoemake's earlier sentiment, Gaden added: "However, Australia's result reflects its continued reliance ...

RBA outlines next phase of bond purchase program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... Kent explained that the decision to now cease the purchases under the program came down to three criteria. Most central banks had already concluded pandemic purchase programs, the Australian bond market had budding pressure points and the RBA had made ...

Partners Wealth appoints private wealth lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... across funds management and family offices. He will oversee the group's wholesale investment arm, working with investment banks, institutions, and family offices. Most recently, Lally was investment director at Hume Partners, a bespoke investment house ...

Franklin Templeton hires sales director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
Franklin Templeton Australia has added a new sales director, overseeing independent financial advisers and private banks. Michael Bowen takes on the role, joining after a short stint with Investors Mutual as relationship manager, strategic groups. Bowen ...

US inflation wavers near a 40-year high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
... Schmidt has called for calm. "The current inflation surge rests on a few moving pieces but is mostly cyclical and central banks have the ability and willingness to address the problem at hand," Schmidt said. "Contrary to some reports, we are not on the ...

Rest bolsters operational risk oversight

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
... valuation audits and validation of models used in complex fixed-income trading books, credit-linked notes for investment banks, and valuation credit securities in illiquid high yield investment funds. Before joining Deloitte, Foo worked in investment ...

Aussie private capital on the rise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... debt managers are an increasingly important source of funds for small to mid-sized Australian companies, as the commercial banks impose tighter lending conditions in response to regulatory pressures," Kelly said. "Businesses are also responding to the ...

Reserve Bank fallout after hawkish pivot

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... necessary measure to curb runaway inflation, the impact of the move has been immediate. A Rate City report has said if the banks pass on this hike in full, the average borrower with a $500,000 loan and 25-year mortgage term would see repayments shoot ...

ANZ stablecoin amplifies changing operating models

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... (conventional state-backed currency)." ANZ banking services lead Nigel Dobson described Defi as a new world and traditional banks as old-world TradeFi institutions, but he said those aren't necessarily mutually exclusive elements. Dobson then explained ...

RBA weighs controversial pre-election rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... half don't expect the RBA to jack up rates until June. Unlike the surveyed economists, interestingly three of the big four banks have said they expect a rate rise on Tuesday.