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Cbus appoints three investment heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... AustralianSuper, First Sentier and MLC Asset Management. John Longo will be Cbus's head of property, starting mid-February. Longo joins from Australian Super where he was a senior investment director for four years. Prior to this, he was a property ...

BetaShares to launch new fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... the megatrend in cloud computing has only just begun." CLDD is expected to commence trading on the ASX at the end of February 2021. The launch of the new fund comes as the BetaShares Australian ETF Review for the calendar year end 2020 revealed the i ...

Chief economist update: Money plus confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... rate and yield on three-year Australian government bonds at 0.1%, and the parameters of its Term Funding Facility at its February 2 meeting, it also decided to purchase an additional $100 billion of bonds issued by the Australian Government and states ...

Chief economist update: Nikkei not so fine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... second to the S&P500's 16.3% return - soaring by mind-blowing 64.1% from the lows plumbed in mid-March 2020. As at 9 February 2021, the Nikkei-225 index has risen by another 7.5% despite Japan extending the COVID-19 state of emergency for another ...

Ian Macoun sells $83m of Pinnacle shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... proceeds (after tax) to be reinvested in a diversified range of funds of Pinnacle affiliates," Macoun said of the sale. On February 3, Pinnacle reported 14% year on year growth in its total funds under management to $70.5 billion at December end. Net ...

ETF liquidity disappears: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
A new report from Morningstar has explored how ETFs performed in stressed market environments during February and March 2020, revealing liquidity suffered. ETFs, despite their reputation as extremely liquid instruments, could not escape the market turmoil ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... reported. Moreover, in spite of the January gain, the US economy remains around 10 million jobs short of the peak recorded in February last year. Similarly, while the unemployment rate dropped to 6.3% in January 2021 from 6.7% in the previous month and ...

Chief economist update: NIRP embedded in BOE forecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... unchanged - the bank rate at a record low 0.1% and QE at £895 billion - at its first Monetary Policy Committee meeting on February 4. It was hoping for the best outcome. In BOE governor Andrew Bailey's words: "The monetary policy committee's ...

Rest GM to head BT platforms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... of platforms role while BT looked for a permanent replacement for Kotsopoulos. Varcoe will commence with BT from mid-February and will report to Vincent.

JPMAM unveils sustainable fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... following the success of its European strategy. JPMorgan Global Macro Sustainable Fund opened to retail investors on February 1 and comprises a portfolio of long and short positions in equity, fixed income, currency and volatility that capitalise on ...