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QIC names next chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... Brunsdon joined the QIC board last year, bringing more than four decades' experience in financial services and capital markets. He currently also serves as chair of PayPal, MetLife Insurance, and Sims Metals. "His global mindset and broad thinking will ...

Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... active participants are neither more emotionally stable nor better taught than when I was in school. For whatever reasons, markets now exhibit far more casino-like behaviour than they did when I was young," Buffet said. "The casino now resides in many ...

HSBC wins $23bn in admin, custody mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... HSBC is now global custodian to Milford Asset Management, servicing all its Australian and New Zealand funds across 24 markets. Its total funds under management exceed $16 billion. Milford said it was looking for an asset servicing partner with a complimentary ...

Bragg calls for another Financial System Inquiry, critiques ASIC, APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... necessitate another FSI, with the overwhelming influence of the superannuation system on the financial sector, economy, and markets serving as a critical justification. "... the super system is now large enough to influence the economy and spur crony ...

Global X ETFs appoints new chief executive from Goldman Sachs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... experience includes over a decade at State Street Global Advisors, where he led a "diverse cohort" of product and capital markets teams for the SPDR ETFs. Hyeon-Joo Park, founder and global strategy officer of Mirae Asset, the parent company of Global ...

Link, The Trust Bank progress acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... finalised." "We continue to execute our plans. Our focus on retirement and superannuation solutions (RSS) and corporate markets (CM), and their ability to leverage their core capabilities, has enabled us to drive sustainable revenue growth and continue ...

Funds SA hires ESG expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... Duxton Capital in the ESG team, where she led the development and implementation of strategy across listed and unlisted markets. That job involved collaborating with industry groups on human rights and natural capital. Thorpe previously worked as an ...

Madigan Capital appoints head of investment capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... interest among major investors in commercial real estate debt, seeking stable and sustainable investment returns in private markets. Despite the Reserve Bank of Australia reporting non-bank lending constitutes a minor portion of the Australian financial ...

Dexus results mixed prior to Steinberg's exit

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... Capital business has grown and diversified the Dexus platform and sets up the funds management business for future growth. "Markets remain challenging as capital flows and sentiment continues to be impacted by inflation, interest rates and geopolitical ...

Superannuation fund returns underperformed SMSFs: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... allocation favouring domestic over international equities, in a year where the local market outperformed some international markets. "We have shown in earlier research that less than 2% of SMSFs hold international equities, most often with allocated ...