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Wingate adds head of real estate research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... capture investment opportunities for Wingate and its co-investors. "As the property market continues to adapt to the post-pandemic environment, we believe that the research and intelligence capabilities Mr Perkins brings will be a key differentiator ...

Macquarie-linked fund manager shutters

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... investment environment has been difficult in recent years for strategies focusing on economic fundamentals, with the COVID-19 pandemic aggravating the situation. Through these headwinds, we have continued to develop the strategy and added a number of ...

Pandemic boosts financial sector's engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
Financial services employees have never been more engaged in their roles since the global pandemic disrupted the workforce, a new study shows. The global workplace study by ADP, a provider of human resource solutions, found that the shift from office-based ...

Pandemic spurs advice, insurance rethink

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many Australians to review their life insurance cover and seek the help of a financial adviser. This is according to the annual MetLife Adviser-Client Relationship Report, which reveals that over 40% of the participants ...

Chief economist update: The pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... market valuations while at the same time devaluing the US Federal Reserve's efforts at guiding the economy out of the pandemic. To be sure, US president Joe Biden's fiscal injections are cause for concern with regards to stoking inflation. As ...

Chief economist update: Copper 10,000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... the world have picked up the government's relaxed restrictions and/or businesses and consumers adapted to on-going pandemic restrictions, vaccine roll-outs and continued fiscal and monetary policy support. In its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) ...

Chief economist update: Bubble, bubble getting out of trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... street... until now. The Trans-Tasman bubble marks a fresh and significant step into normalising life after the COVID-19 pandemic. Both economies stand to gain. Not only would the re-opening of borders sans quarantine re-start postponed reunions and ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
Australia is back! Back on track after its economy was cruelly interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This space had been ranting about the virtuous cycle that had been circling around the nation since activity and business and consumer sentiment indicators ...

Praemium FUA up, opens Edinburgh office

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... quarter, up 149% on the previous corresponding period. "Praemium has doubled in size over the past year. Despite the pandemic, the past 12 months have been the most transformational in our story thus far," Praemium chief executive Michael Ohanessian ...

Super fund liquidity could be better: RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... rate risk on foreign-denominated investments. "Fund-level data show that funds with larger hedging ratios going into the pandemic tended to sell larger shares of foreign equities than other funds," the report reads. "This illustrates that, in most circumstances ...