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State Street IM Australian investments lead to retire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... Advisor (SSGA) roles since 2000. Shead has been a member of the global portfolio strategy team, covering both equities and currency, and served as head of portfolio solutions for the Asia-Pacific region. In 2018, he was named as head of retirement solutions ...

SS&C to accept digital cash for tokenised investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
... the Web3 provider of choice for both domestic retail and business clients." The business acquired New Zealand's digital currency brokerage Easy Crypto and a boutique crypto brokerage and asset manager Caleb & Brown last year.

Stablecoins a key to instant access to global credit markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... mainstream uptake will be evolutionary rather than overnight. "By providing a trusted digital representation of fiat currency, they remove structural barriers that have historically made capital movement between jurisdictions slow and difficult to access," ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... The second tailwind for emerging markets is a weaker US dollar. For many markets, a weak dollar means a stronger local currency. "If you've got a lot of debt, you're paying less immediately. It means that inflation is generally lower because ...

Inflation eases, experts split on next RBA move

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... is that Australia is now genuinely out of step with the global rate cycle. That divergence offers some support for the currency but creates a real headwind for domestic earnings and household balance sheets. How well businesses adapt to that gap will ...

Russell Investments wins $8.6bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... Russell Investments head of Asia-Pacific Jason Edgar said securing the mandate was a clear sign of the rising demand for currency solutions. "Delivering efficient implementation to improve returns for insurers and family offices is a core part of our ...

MPC Markets partners with HeirWealth

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... systems currently available in the market. "Atlas was the only one that handled the full picture: multi-broker, multi-currency, FX-attributed total returns, and the kind of automated branded reviews our clients deserve," said Gardener. "It's the ...

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... managed funds, repos, structured products, private markets, and more. This includes the pilot of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), which was a three-year program flagged by the RBA and Treasury in September 2024. The final report indicates a ...

Plato launches global shares ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... "heavily concentrated" sectors like banking and miners. "[The concentrated sectors possess] a lot of single-economy, single-currency risk for a portfolio that's supposed to fund someone's retirement," Pennell said. "PGI2 gives investors income exposure ...

Perpetual to wind up fixed income fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... under management of $219.2 billion in the March quarter. The $8.3 billion decrease from December was due to unfavourable currency movements of $3.6 billion, net outflows of $2.8 billion and negative market movements of $1.9 billion.
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