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Chief economist update: COVID with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
Brexit is over. But even before the UK and the EU shook hands on the post-Brexit trade and cooperation pact on 24 December 2020 and before the ink on the signatures of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles ...

ETF Securities shutters funds

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... announced it was delisting five products including three active ETFs it issued for AMP Capital, BetaShares Agriculture ETF - Currency Hedged (synthetic) (QAG) and the BetaShares Commodities Basket ETF - Currency Hedged (synthetic) (ASX: QCB). AMP Capital ...

CBA provides BoCommLife update

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... $840 million as a non-cash item in its 2021 half year result. The revisions include adjustments for goodwill, foreign currency translation reverse recycling and transaction costs. The sale will increase CBA's common equity tier one ratio by 29 basis ...

Westpac sells Pacific to PNG bank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... be completed by the second half of FY2021 and Westpac expects an accounting loss of $230 million including a foreign currency translation reserve but will add three basis points to its common equity tier one ratio. It comes as Westpac announced last ...

TelstraSuper appoints head of equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... sister publication Industry Moves first reported. In her most recent role, she was an investment manager in equities and currency at HESTA. At TelstraSuper, she will report to the fund's chief investment officer Graeme Miller, who has held the role ...

Magellan adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... company continues to grow from strength to strength," Garnsey added. Magellan last week announced it is removing its currency hedging strategy in the Magellan High Conviction Trust to reduce the downside risk to the portfolio when equity markets and ...

Magellan axes currency hedging in trust

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
A Magellan trust has removed its currency hedging strategy to reduce the downside risk to the portfolio when equity markets and the value of the Australian dollar are both declining. Magellan High Conviction Trust will move to an unhedged approach to ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The Australian dollar is back! Back above the US$0.73 level that is. The Australian currency rose to around this level back in late-August/early-September after the US Federal Reserve announced a shift into a lower for longer strategy - suggesting that ...

Pinnacle boutique to shut fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... members of GMO's systematic global macro team in 2017. It takes tactical positions in global stocks, fixed income, currency, commodity and volatility markets. Returns at September end were -12.79% for the year, -6.14% p.a. over two years and -5.81% ...

New fixed income boutique launches

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... trading firm QTR Capital, is the head of ESG. Peter Higgs, founder of Brisbane-based specialist global derivative and currency overlay asset management firm TGM, is the chair of the board and the investment committee. All three have post doctorates ...