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Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... growing debt crisis. Akademiker Pension, the $36 billion pension fund for academics, is selling off all its US government bond holdings, to the tune of about $144 million. Akademiker Pension investment director Anders Schelde said the fund has used US ...

AOFM names lead managers for 2037 Treasury Bond

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) has released a new benchmark bond offering, set to mature on 21 October 2037. The AOFM acts as the Commonwealth government's central borrowing authority, managing the government's debt and investment ...

NGS Super appoints Robeco to manage two new mandates

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
NGS Super has appointed Robeco to manage a Government Bond Sustainable Enhanced Indexing mandate and an Emerging Markets Enhanced Indexing mandate. Specialising in quantitative and sustainable investing, Robeco is experienced in offering enhanced indexing ...

Laws to limit US pension plans' use of ESG pass

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... Texas as much as US$500 million more in borrowing costs in the first three months alone as five of the largest municipal bond underwriters were barred under the boycott.

Schroders recruits head of ETFs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... active ETFs there last year - the Schroder Global Equity Active UCITS ETF and the Schroder Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond Active UCITS ETF. A third, the Schroder Global Equity Custom Active UCITS ETF, lists on the London Stock Exchange on 20 ...

GDG awards Hackett big pay day

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... quarter update, GDG reported total funds under management climbed 46% to $32.6 billion compared to the prior year. Investment bond sales inflows also climbed 58% to $330 million. Last month GDG named a new chief financial officer to take over from Terence ...

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... 'hyperscalers' - the likes of Alphabet, Amazon, Meta - which are now funding a sizeable amount of their AI capex with record-sized bond deals," he said. An article by BetaShares head of fixed income Chamath De Silva noted the capex numbers hyperscaler ...

Federated Hermes appoints global fixed income CIO

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... will succeed Robert Ostrowski when he retires in May of this year. Gallo has also served as the co-head of the Municipal Bond Group, but as he assumes the new responsibilities, his fellow co-head Ann Ferentino will become the sole head of the group. ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... it risks backfiring if it undermines market confidence in the independence of the US Federal Reserve and pushes long-term bond yields higher. "After all, in the US it is long term rates - not the Fed's control over short-term rates - that determine mortgage ...

ASX listings, trade volumes improve in December

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... float' for new listings to attract more founder-led companies, implementing a more efficient and accessible corporate bond market for better flexibility, and adjusting size thresholds for foreign exempt listings. Further, the ASX advocated consideration ...