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Chief economist: Thank you, Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... financial crisis of 1997/98; the dotcom bust in 2000; the global financial crisis in 2008/09; and, the European sovereign debt crisis of 2010/13. Threats and sanctions won't stop Putin, the US and NATO know it. At the same time, they're not willing ...

CalPERS names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... CalPERS's plans to invest more heavily in private markets, bumping its allocation from 8% to 13% and adding a 5% private debt allocation, to continue closing its funding gap; CalPERS is only 80% funded at this point, up 20% in the last five years. "Nicole's ...

Cannon-Brookes invests in renewables transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... transition. The Cannon-Brookes-backed Grok Ventures allocated the sizeable investment via specialist private infrastructure debt fund manager Infradebt's Ethical Fund (IEF), About $35 million of the funds will go towards a senior debt facility for ...

Goldman Sachs appoints alternatives head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... Australia, New Zealand and internationally across products spanning real estate, infrastructure, private equity, private debt, liquid alternatives, and overlay strategies. Prior to that, Balenzuela was managing director of institutional business development ...

Big tech, interest rates dominate reporting season

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... the increase in financial penetration, rising demand for products and services, and healthcare products," he said. Global debt reached US$226 trillion at the end of 2020, International Monetary Fund statistics show, growing 256% year on year as a result ...

Private debt and YFYS: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
Scenario analysis from Schroders indicates that an Australian private debt portfolio could have outperformed the Your Future, Your Super fixed income benchmark. The analysis performed by Schroders alternatives director Claire Smith showed it would have ...

AMP reports $252m loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... designates to establish an independent board. We have also entered into a binding agreement for the sale of the infrastructure debt platform."

Foundation rolls out financial literacy program for students

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... Talk Money covers financial concepts including talking about money at home and with friends, saving goals, spending, credit, debt, the digitalisation of money, and payment options. Older students will learn about navigating the workplace, earning, tax ...

BetaShares launches new bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... Bond Index, before fees and expenses. This index weights bonds based on their risk-adjusted income potential rather than debt-weighting, aiming to provide investors with higher returns than the most commonly used Australian fixed income benchmark, the ...

QIC launches multi-sector private debt capability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
Following the launch of its private debt capability in 2021, QIC has added an Australian multi-sector private credit offering to its suite, appointing someone to lead it. The offering will provide broad and deep origination networks, institutional-grade ...