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Leading responsible investment manager, Australian Ethical, this week highlighted the unique challenges facing investors in a response to the events at AGL Energy in recent weeks.

The chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), Wayne Byres, spoke at the recent AFR Banking Summit on the current state of the Australian financial system, addressing the various geopolitical thematics, economic headwinds and ongoing tensions at play. He also touched on housing, climate action and digitisation. The Australian banking system has undergone reforms…

Head of Australian Equities at T. Rowe Price, Randal Jenneke, has released a note to clients that conveys a somewhat cautious tone towards the Australian equity market.

Investment director at Capital Group, Matt Reynolds, outlines four uncertainties that are influencing equities markets at the moment.

Everybody wants certainty, but it’s the one thing in short supply in markets today.

Australia’s managed fund industry shrank in the March quarter of 2022 from the December 2021 quarter to $4.48 trillion

Leading Independent Australian fund manager Yarra Capital recently announced the addition of a new Market Neutral Australia Equities investment strategy to their portfolio of funds.

The Reserve Bank decision to push up the cash rate by 25 basis points to 0.35% – the first increase in 11 years – did not surprise Castlerock.

The central bank expects house price growth to ease this year and house prices are already falling in Sydney and Melbourne; economists expect that price weakness will spread to other cities, which may limit the number of official interest rate rises this year that are needed to tame inflation. According to the Reserve Bank of…

Many people at the top of funds management travel around the world to work in various locations, to build a career.

Whilst there are growing signs that inflation is moderating around the world, whether in the US, UK or Australia, some 125 of the world’s central banks are current in the process of tightening monetary policy.

Franklin Resources, the parent company of Franklin Templeton, a global asset manager with over US$1.5 trillion ($2 trillion) in assets under management, has bought private debt manager Alcentra from BNY Mellon.