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Product showcase: A guaranteed future

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... and structure is important; does the client need income now, or is there value in deferring to increase future lifetime rates? Is there value in having lifetime income that will never stop or drop due to market performance?" Flexibility and access to ...

Perpetual to wind up fixed income fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... supply - sending oil prices sharply higher and reigniting stagflation concerns. The war created volatility across energy, rates, equities and credit markets as inflation was re-priced, as was central bank paths and recession risks," the fund said. However ...

Platinum Asset Management awards back-office mandate to Apex Group

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... Transactions will also no longer be made in New Zealand dollars and instead will be made in Australian dollars at conversion rates determined by relevant financial institutions. Although there will be no changes to how the funds are managed, Platinum ...

Fintech AUDC hires former UBS director, expands senior team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... in fintech and digital assets, Beale was at UBS, climbing the ranks from analyst developer to director in fixed income, rates and credit IT. AUDC's second senior hire is Hamish Crittenden as chief technology officer. Prior to AUDC, Crittenden was ...

First Sentier launch Active Cash Fund Active ETF

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... accessible to retail investors. He said the firm's scale and long-standing presence in cash markets enables access to competitive rates and diversified liquidity sources across varying market environments. First Sentier Group chief executive Harry Moore ...

RBA hikes rates, suggests more to come

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked interest rates by 0.25% at the May meeting, bringing the official cash rate to 4.35%. This hike has now fully reversed the 75bps of cuts delivered last year and the cash rate is now in-line with its peak during ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... whereas currently it is closer to 3%. Wage inflation has also slowed to 3.4%, the slowest rate of growth since 2021. Fed rates were closer to negative three years ago compared to the mid-threes they are in now. It is not a 2022 playbook, according to ...

Australia averts recession but not slowdown: JPMAM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... expecting just one rate hike at the upcoming meeting on May 5. In the US, it predicts the Federal Reserve will potentially cut rates this year rather than increase them. Europe and parts of Asia, meanwhile, may not fare as well. "Europe is the one that ...

Treasury to abolish CGT discount: Reports

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... assets acquired after 30 September 1999. Under the discount, individuals and the beneficiaries of trusts pay tax at normal rates on only half of any capital gain realised on an asset held for at least 12 months. Superannuation funds, meanwhile, received ...

Regal Partners' FUM drops by $0.6bn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
... quarter as the conflict between US and Iran escalated, Regal Partners said. The conflict drove up prices of oil and interest rates, it said, alongside weaker global equity markets. Performance in hedge funds dropped by $800 million whereas equity strategies ...