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Economic recap: Week to November 19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... relax, take it easy..." -Cat Stevens, Father and Son The curse du jour that is rising inflation has raised volatility in the bond and equity markets by virtue of the anticipated central bank policy responses to keep the tide of rising prices at bay. ...

InvestSMART launches ethical product

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
ASX-listed InvestSMART Group has added a diversified ethical portfolio to its investment menu. The Ethical Growth Portfolio invests in five to 15 ethical ETFs across Australian equities, international equities and bonds. The Morningstar Australia Moderate ...

Boutique recruits portfolio manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
A $5 billon fixed income boutique hired a senior portfolio manager from the Victorian Funds Management Corporation. Based in Melbourne, James Wilson joined Jamieson Coote Bonds in November, finishing his most recent role at VFMC as senior portfolio ...

NZ Super Fund names head of portfolio investments

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation promoted from within for the head of portfolio investments role. Pablo Sosa will be responsible for leading the portfolio investments team and driving the tactical credit opportunities mandate. Sosa joined ...

Bond scam defrauds SMSFs $2.8m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
A fake bond scam run has allegedly defrauded self-managed super fund members of $2.8 million. Richard Emil Ayoub, an American national, allegedly funnelled the money into Bitcoin between March and August 2021 after promoting it to investors as a fixed ...

Portfolio holdings disclosure a failure: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... Kennaway said the disclosure around bonds is so opaque it makes the disclosures meaningless as simply listing the issuer of a bond tells investors nothing about its credit quality and interest-rate risk. Super funds investing in external bond funds will ...

Brokers warn of looming disaster

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
The Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) has issued a dire warning, claiming Australian borrowers could not afford to pay 1% more on their mortgages or rent. The FBAA commissioned a survey, conducted by research firm McCrindle, to assess ...

Economic recap: Week to November 12

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
Did the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) jump or was pushed by the bond market to scrap its target to keep the April 2024 Australian government bond yield at 10 basis points. The answer to this question becomes important because it would dictate future ...

BetaShares introduces suite of ethical SMAs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
BetaShares has become the first ETF manager to launch ethical SMAs for financial advisers, with four new products on offer. This represents a milestone for BetaShares, becoming the first Australian ETF manager to successfully bring an ethical direct ...

Metrics Credit Partners acquires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
Metrics Credit Partners has acquired a small and medium-sized enterprise business lending specialist. Metrics has acquired SME lender Bigstone Finance. Metrics managing partner Andrew Lockhart said the addition of the Bigstone team to the funding capability ...