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Equity Trustees welcomes new chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
EQT Holdings has announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer as Philip Gentry prepares to step down. Johanna Platt is set to take on the role, effective 22 July 2024. Gentry announced he would be stepping down from the position back in ...

DWS appoints new local chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
DWS has appointed Lidia Tomova as its new chief executive in Australia, from 1 March 2024. Pending regulatory approval, Tomova will also be appointed as chair of DWS Investments Australia. She will also continue in her role as head of coverage, Australia ...

$53bn added to ETF market over 12 months

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... markets," Vanguard head of ETF capital markets, Asia Pacific Adam DeSanctis said. "US share markets surged around 24% last year and continued to gain ground over the first quarter, reaching record highs, mainly thanks to the impressive returns from some ...

Mercury Capital acquires KKR's stake in Findex

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Mercury Capital will acquire KKR's 40% stake in wealth management and advisory firm Findex. The partnership will leverage Mercury Capital's understanding of the Australian and New Zealand markets and their experience working with business owners ...

Life insurers struggle with code compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... 8.15 of the code, communicating claim decisions, was the most prevalent, with 2630 instances reported in the period, up 38% year on year. Breaches of section 6.7, refunding after cancellation, was the fastest-growing breach, sharply rising 322% to 963 ...

Job flexibility, labour market delay retirement age

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... increasingly drawn into full-time employment, with the expected age of retirement from full-time work increasing by more than a year. Mens' increased expected retirement age on the other hand, was driven by increases in part-time employment. Geographically ...

James Mawhinney arrested as Mayfair 101 saga rolls on

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Mayfair 101's James Mawhinney was arrested yesterday and charged with engaging in dishonest conduct for allegedly claiming IPO Wealth Group owned companies that it did not. Mawhinney has been in a years-long battle with ASIC now, with the regulator ...

Why fund managers are missing out on investment mandates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
New research from Ocorian and Newgate Compliance found alternative fund managers are losing investment mandates or clients because of compliance issues. The research also revealed there had been an increased level of internal conflict between fund management ...

Global X adds new AI ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... is a big appetite for AI-related ETFs in the local market. Global X has already seen a combined $125 million in flows this year to date across the Global X FANG+ ETF (ASX: FANG) and the Global X Semiconductor ETF (ASX: SEMI) which offer exposure to subsets ...

Foreign investors optimistic about Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... (SEA) among emerging markets. More than half (53%) of investors were more optimistic about the APAC economy compared to last year, following closely behind the Americas as the region showing the biggest increase in optimism. Net optimism was particularly ...