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FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026

"I think the odds are on our side." That was the message from Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei at the World Economic Forum in Davos, as the race for global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) gains historic pace. Anthropic is building the ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS | TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026

... extended positioning at some risk of unwind," Evans said. "Both flows and positioning and underwhelming for the Great British pound, while the flow profile for the Swiss Franc is the strongest across G10, a reflection of a modest lurch into a more defensive ...

Pendal profits tumble 25%

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020

... year (including the Westpac money). This along with unfavorable currency movements of $2.3 billion as US dollar and British pound impacted its FUM. However, inflows started to pick up between July and September, totaling $1.2 billion. "The numbers show ...

BetaShares launches FTSE 100 ETF

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019

BetaShares has launched a new exchange-traded fund that will track the 100 largest UK companies traded on the London Stock Exchange. It started trading on the ASX this morning with the ticker code F100. The passive ETF will track the market cap weighted ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019

... down to 2.3% in November 2018 from 3% at the start of 2018; core inflation down to 1.8% from 2.7% Similarly, the British pound has generally traded sideways after recovering all of its losses following the Brexit referendum and the FTSE-100 index even ...

Australia's weekus horribilis

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018

... with the its peers - against the greenback, the NZ$ appreciated by 1.0% over the week; the euro by 1.6% and the British pound by 0.8%. The Japanese yen declined by 0.5%. Similarly, the yield on Australian 10-year bonds declined to 2.52% (from 2.55% at ...

Chief economist update: Australian dollar loss is economy's gain

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018

... lower against the US this year to date; 3.2% cheaper against the euro; down 6.4% versus the yen; 3.5% down on the British pound; and, 3.4% lower even against the depreciated Chinese yuan. The corresponding AUD stats from its 2018 high: It's down ...

Citi launches currency product, targets HNW investors

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018

... directly into a USD account (the GCA sets up individual accounts for each currency) To transfer currency from AUD to British Pound and Euro accounts in real time to take advantage of foreign exchange movements Citi is offering variable interest rates ...

Chief economist update: One hike this year, one hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018

... decision to raise the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.5% at its 2 November 2017 meeting which, in turn, sent the British pound higher. From 2 November to date, Sterling's effective exchange rate has appreciated by 2.2% -- it's risen by 5.4% against ...

Expecting the expected

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017

... inflation rate is above the BOE's target rate (3.1% in the year to November) - due to the sharp depreciation of the British pound - but the British central bank expects this to ease slowly to around 2.5% by mid-2018 "as the contribution from import prices ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI | 12:42PM

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI | 12:34PM

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI | 12:17PM

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA | 12:29PM

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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