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MSC Trustees acquires Certane Corporate Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... services. He added that competition in the local custody space has been retreating following the exit of the Australian banks to return to core business. "Global depository/custodial businesses such as HSBC, J.P. Morgan and Citi Group have also retreated ...

Emerging markets well placed for 2024

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... Asia basis)," Buchet said. "Across emerging markets, disinflation is now well entrenched, thanks to emerging market central banks having done a fine job of acting early and forcefully to preserve their inflation-targeting credibility." This, Buchet said ...

PineBridge Investments names distribution head for APAC, EMEA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... oversee the asset manager's APAC and EMEA intermediary business strategy, distributing its investment products to private banks, family offices, retail banks, insurers, and distribution platforms, with a particular emphasis on the UK, Switzerland, and ...

IG appoints institutional sales manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023
... including technology, platforms, products, and exchanges to hedge funds, family offices and private investment vehicles, banks and brokers, asset managers.

Mild recession in 2024, higher interest rates: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... remain above the rate of inflation, severely affecting the ability of consumers and businesses to borrow. While central banks feel more confident in achieving inflation targets, Vanguard anticipates rate cuts in the second half of 2024. "However, Vanguard ...

ANZ fined $900k over shares disclosure failure

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... misleading customers over the funds available to them in select credit card accounts. "ASIC will continue to take action against banks who fail in their duty to act efficiently, honestly and fairly in dealings with customers," deputy chair Sarah Court ...

J.P. Morgan lists fixed income ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... strategy as the JPMorgan Global Bond Fund (mutual fund). With inflation starting to cool and growing signs that global central banks are approaching the end of their hiking cycles, this is generally a favourable environment for quality fixed income assets ...

Final QAR reforms open door to super funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... this particular proposal, saying: "Conflicts of interest remain real in any financial advice model which is provided by banks, super funds or insurers. What we don't want is product sales dressed up as 'advice'. We look forward to participating ...

Barings prepares new strategies for local institutional investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... market remains active with a steady stream of transactions, private debt players are increasingly capturing market share from banks. The private equity sponsor network, traditionally reliant on banks for about 90% to 100% of demand is now experiencing ...

Payday super timing, deliberate: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... significant changes to payroll systems and to employer payroll processes," he said. "After all, they already submit payroll to banks, so they just need to be able to submit superannuation with payroll to super funds." He explained that some employers ...