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Lazard implements new leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
Lazard has promoted current chief executive of financial advisory Peter R. Orszag to the role of chief executive, while former chief executive and chair Kenneth M. Jacobs will step into the role of executive chair of the board. Orszag has served as ...

Sony to list financial services business

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
Sony is set to partially spin-off its financial services arm, a diversified unit operating in life insurance, banking and venture capital. Sony Financial Group Inc (SFGI), which operates in life and non-life insurance, banking, nursing care and venture ...

Vanguard restructures retail unit, creates executive roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
Vanguard Australia has overhauled its superannuation and Personal Investor businesses, appointing two executives to newly created roles to help lead the merged retail units. The fund manager will merge the two retail divisions comprising superannuation ...

Reserve Bank is done at 3.85%: CBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has admitted more interest rate rises might be on the horizon depending on how the economy and inflation track, but CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman believes an increase next month is unlikely. In the minutes ...

RBA verdict on knife edge: Economists split

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
As anticipation builds for today's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting, economists are sharply divided on the outcome. Last month, the RBA held the cash rate steady at 3.6%. However, leading economists cautioned Australians not to discount the possibility ...

Wendy Norris quits Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
The Future Fund will need to reshuffle its investment team after the sudden resignation of the deputy chief investment officer. Deputy chief investment officer of change and Innovation Wendy Norris has quit Australia's sovereign wealth fund after ...

Future Fund revisits actively managed equity investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt has reassessed the sovereign wealth fund's pivot away from actively managed equity investments. Arndt told the Australian Financial Review Alpha Live Conference that active Alpha-seeking strategies in the ...

Insignia reports advice outflows, adviser losses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
Insignia Financial will undertake a rebrand of sorts within its financial advice business in a bid to improve understanding of its various advice channels. It comes as it reports nearly $500 million in outflows for the Advised channel and further adviser ...

Clime outlines growth focus, wins mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
Clime Investment Management said it will increase investment in its managed accounts capability following strong client demand, while also flagging its first family office consulting mandate. In an update to the ASX, Clime said its total funds under ...

UK's Nest switches investment chief

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
Liz Fernando has been promoted to chief investment officer of the pension fund, taking up the mantle from Mark Fawcett. Having joined Nest in 2020 and made deputy chief investment officer in 2021, Fernando brings with her 25 years' worth of investment ...