ANZIIF launch ‘Making a Difference’ Awards for New Zealand

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ANZIIF is proud to announce the launch of the ‘Making a Difference’ Awards and wide-ranging in-person event programme in New Zealand for 2022. This year’s ‘Making a Difference’ Awards highlight... Read more continue reading

State Street Global Investor Confidence Index – up overall, but mixed across regions amid rate hikes, war and pandemic

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State Street Global Markets has released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index® (ICI) for May 2022. Despite recent market fluctuations, the Global Investor Confidence Index saw an... Read more continue reading

Federal Open Markets Committee, European Central Bank and Reserve Bank of New Zealand movements

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Federal Open Markets Committee minutes underscore The US Federal Reserve’s aggression Prior to the release overnight of the Fed’s Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes there had been some... Read more continue reading

BT Super and Mercer Super announce planned merger to deliver better retirement outcomes for Australians 

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The BT Super Board and Mercer has announced they had signed a Heads of Agreement to merge BT’s Personal and Corporate superannuation funds into the Mercer Super Trust to create... Read more continue reading

LEI consultation highlights ASIC’s push for greater global alignment

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A new consultation paper by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will facilitate increased global regulatory harmony for Australian derivative transaction reporting through the adoption of international best practice,... Read more continue reading

Building costs soar by the most in more than 21 years 

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Construction work done; Skilled job vacancies; RBA speech The value of construction work done fell by 0.9 per cent in the March quarter but it was still up 1.4 per... Read more continue reading

“Have you tried turning it off and on again?” – A review of the decision in ASIC V Ri Ad

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On 5 May 2021, the Federal Court handed down a landmark decision in Australian Securities and Investments Commission v RI Advice Group Pty Ltd (2022) FCA 496 by declaring that... Read more continue reading

Natixis Investment Managers announces appointments to Management Committee

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Natixis Investment Managers has announced the appointment of eight executives to its Management Committee. This Committee is responsible for setting, implementing and monitoring strategic objectives for the Asset and Wealth... Read more continue reading

CPI inflation moderating only a bit in US

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There does seem to be some progress in moderating overall inflation in the U.S., but it is a bumpy and uneven process for sure, according to Western Asset. Western Asset... Read more continue reading

Citi Australia welcomes new Head of Securities Services

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Citi Australia has named Mark England as the new Head of its Securities Services business in Australia and New Zealand, following the retirement of long-serving executive Martin Carpenter. England is... Read more continue reading