http://australianfintech.com.au/ Connecting Australian FinTech Wed, 21 Aug 2024 01:53:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://australianfintech.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/06/logo-words-orange-background-small-50x50.png http://australianfintech.com.au/ 32 32 https://australianfintech.com.au/fixed-income-funds-maintain-blistering-momentum-in-australia-netting-a6-3-billion-in-1h-2024-calastone/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 01:53:03 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=188192 After a bearish first quarter for Australia’s managed funds, local investors added A$3.21 billion to unlisted managed funds during Q2, the highest quarterly allocation since Q3 2023.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/calastone-appoints-nick-parsons-as-chief-technology-officer/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 21:20:34 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=186514 Calastone, the largest global funds network, has appointed Nick Parsons as Chief Technology Officer (CTO).]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/calastones-2023-global-fund-flows-report-shows-all-eyes-are-on-bonds/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 01:42:59 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=186195 The last 12 months saw massive sentiment shifts across the global managed funds sector, according to Calastone’s 2023 Global Fund Flows report.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/calastone-announces-new-head-of-australia-new-zealand/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 22:19:45 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=185263 Calastone has promoted Marsha Lee to lead its local business as Head of Australia and New Zealand in Sydney.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/global-market-turmoil-drives-weakest-start-to-financial-year-in-five-years-for-managed-fund-flows/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 22:29:31 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=184864 Australian investors have started the financial year in a sombre mood, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/hsbc-announces-etf-platform-solutions-partners-with-calastone-to-provide-a-next-generation-etf-oms/ Fri, 18 Aug 2023 04:38:44 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=184273 HSBC have announced the launch of ETF Platform Solutions – its new end-to-end platform for providing asset servicing solutions to ETF issuers globally.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/australian-investors-flee-managed-equity-funds-at-record-speed-for-the-safety-of-fixed-income-and-cash-calastone/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 22:47:28 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=183670 Australian investors fled managed equity funds for the perceived safety of fixed income and cash during the second quarter, according to Calastone.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/calastone-reveals-how-tokenisation-at-asset-level-is-set-to-transform-asset-management/ Wed, 10 May 2023 23:32:20 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=182788 Calastone, the largest global funds network, has released a whitepaper on the practical application of tokenisation in asset management.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/nervous-investors-pulled-capital-from-equity-funds-in-q1-at-fastest-rate-since-pandemic-began/ Tue, 11 Apr 2023 22:57:20 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=182298 Australian investors pulled more capital out of managed equity funds in the first quarter of 2023 than at any time since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Calastone.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/calastone-appoints-brian-godins-as-chief-commercial-officer/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:01:27 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=182000 Calastone, the largest global funds network, announces the appointment of Brian Godins as Chief Commercial Officer.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/inflation-and-higher-interest-rates-sharply-curbed-investor-enthusiasm-for-all-asset-classes-in-2022-calastone/ Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:45:39 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=180924 Australian investors sharply reduced their subscriptions to managed funds in 2022, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/australian-investors-bought-into-the-bear-market-trap-in-q3-calastone/ Wed, 12 Oct 2022 19:27:18 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=179432 Australian investors greeted the new financial year in significantly more optimistic spirits than they ended the last one, though this optimism faded quickly. ]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/calastone-celebrates-10-years-of-automating-managed-fund-trading-in-australia-and-supporting-its-transition-to-a-digital-future/ Mon, 15 Aug 2022 01:36:31 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=178479 More than 95% of Australian wholesale managed fund flows are today automated by Calastone, representing trades into and out of over 2,000 funds traded within Australia.

]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/investors-react-to-bear-market-in-june-as-managed-funds-across-all-asset-types-see-outflows-except-australia-focused-equity-funds/ Mon, 11 Jul 2022 22:32:16 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=177846 Australian investors have turned negative on equities for the first time since the onset of the pandemic, according to Calastone.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/fund-inflows-drop-sharply-in-q1-as-investor-enthusiasm-cools-funds-focused-on-australia-prove-more-resilient/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 23:01:42 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=176196 Australian investor enthusiasm cooled markedly in the first quarter of 2022, according to the quarterly Fund Flow Index from Calastone.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/esg-fund-inflows-boom-in-australia-in-2021/ Sun, 27 Feb 2022 23:57:03 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=175245 ESG funds were major beneficiaries of Australians’ cash in 2021, according to the last Global Fund Flow Index from Calastone.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/cash-rich-australian-investors-ploughed-record-new-capital-into-managed-funds-in-2021-calastone/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:30:25 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=174593 Cash-rich Australian investors ploughed almost three times as much cash into managed equity funds in 2021 as they did in 2020.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/australians-plough-record-new-capital-into-funds-in-the-third-quarter-calastone/ Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:00:11 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=172996 Alongside the highest inflows yet to equity funds, mixed assets & fixed income also saw the largest inflows on Calastone’s record between July and September]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/calastone-study-shows-covid-19-continues-to-fuel-investor-appetite-and-engagement/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 03:29:40 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=171941 A new white paper from Calastone shows a clear increase in the willingness of existing investors to invest further, with Covid-19 being a stimulus.]]> https://australianfintech.com.au/australians-cool-their-appetite-for-real-estate-funds-in-june-as-lockdowns-sweep-the-country/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 23:15:58 +0000 https://australianfintech.com.au/?p=171353 Australia’s real estate funds are seeing a cooling in demand after months of red-hot buying activity from investors, according to Calastone.]]>