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Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... thereafter. It could be that this time is different. But there's also Murphy's Law. The recent rise in 10-year US Treasury bond yields - up to a one-year high of 1.31% -- serves as a yellow light -- an amber alert -- to the equity markets. But ...

Hostplus enhances ESG option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Hostplus is changing its sustainable investment option on the back of growing demand from members who want a more sustainable and principled approach to their investments. The Socially Responsible Investment Balanced option (SRI) now excludes a broader ...

New corporate bond fund launches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Artesian Capital has launched a new corporate-focussed, green and sustainable bond fund open to both wholesale and retail investors. Artesian said the fund was seeded by an Australian ethically minded super fund, which has been running since late September. ...

Two ASI executives out the door

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... The strategies on the way out include Aberdeen Standard Diversified Fixed Income Fund; Aberdeen Standard Inflation Linked Bond Fund and Aberdeen Standard Australian Fixed Income Fund. As previously reported, the fixed income team lost its head Nick Bishop ...

Chief economist update: Money plus confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... purchase an additional $100 billion of bonds issued by the Australian Government and states and territories when the current bond purchase program is completed in mid April. These additional purchases will be at the current rate of $5 billion a week. ...

Northern Trust hires from Dimensional

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
Northern Trust's asset management business has added a senior institutional distribution manager, hiring from Dimensional Fund Advisers. Thakshi Wijesundara will be based in Melbourne. She reports to Northern Trust Asset Management's head of ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... equity market continues to rally buoyed the flood of money, money, money and expectations of more money, money, money. The bond market's going the other way as the yield on US 10-year Treasuries have been moving on up and is now at par with pre-pandemic ...

Kapstream wins JANA allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
The $17 billion Sydney boutique has been appointed to a multi-manager fund from JANA. Kasptream will manage a portion of the JANA Short Maturity Diversified Debt Trust, which JANA offers to its implementation clients. "Kapstream's been fortunate to ...

ETF liquidity disappears: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... liquidity during the period, Morningstar found, followed by two fixed income products - iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond (AUD Hedged) ETF (IHEB) and iShares Global High Yield Bond (AUD Hedged) ETF (IHHY). Each had a spread to $100K of more ...

Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... FOMC meeting press conference, chair Jerome Powell tried to calm markets and prevent a repeat of the taper tantrum that sent bond yields up and equity markets down in 2013. Powell intimated his thoughts on inflation: "We're going to be patient. Expect ...