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Former Franklin Templeton retail head finds new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... development manager at Cooper Investors. He confirmed to Financial Standard that he joined this month and will be based in the Sydney office. Damianakis was most recently head of retail at Franklin Templeton, departing at the end of 2020 as the Legg ...

AustralianSuper hires from WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... hiring a long-serving Willis Towers Watson to the post. Jessica Melville has joined the $210 billion super fund, based in Sydney. Melville left WTW after 12 years; her most recent role there was head of strategic advisory for investments, responsible ...

Final days to nominate in 2021 MAX Awards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... event following a successful shift to virtual last year, the Financial Standard MAX Awards will take place at Luna Park, Sydney on June 10. Nominations for the 2021 awards are now open, but are set to close next Wednesday, April 28. Now in their 16th ...

Foreign capital driving property market: RCA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... kept the market afloat last year, according to Real Capital Analytics. Speaking at the launch of Real Capital Analytics' Sydney office, head of analytics for the Pacific region Ben Martin-Henry said foreign capital has driven the market. "Deals like ...

Chief economist update: Bubble, bubble getting out of trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... Australia was for holidays. 505,000 tourists came to Australia for holiday purposes." "The most popular destinations were Sydney with 32%, Melbourne with 27%, and Brisbane with 19% of visitors. New Zealand visitors spent an average of 10 nights in Australia. ...

Sydney multi-boutique adds crypto fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
A Sydney multi-boutique has signed on a passive fund that tracks Bitcoin and will offer it to Australian investors. The fund is managed by Arrano Capital and is open to institutional investors and will be distributed by Mantis Funds. It is Caymans domiciled ...

WTW head of strategic advisory resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... an investment consultant in December 2008 and prior to that was an investment analyst at Pengana Capital for two years. Sydney-based Melville did not confirm her next job opportunity. In WTW's most recent research about Australia's superannuation ...

Oaktree hires from Challenger

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... Oaktree as the latter's managing director of marketing for Australia and New Zealand. Brett Penprase will be based in Sydney, and focus on business development and marketing. In his most recent role, Penprase spent about a year and a half at Challenger. ...

"Financial" in BFID is no big deal: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... of law, markets and regulation Scott Donald made the point at public hearings held by economics legislation committee in Sydney this morning. The hearings relate to Your Future, Your Super reforms currently before the parliament. The bill includes a ...

VGI appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
The Sydney hedge fund has hired a former head of BlackRock's Australian ETF business as its chief executive. Jonathan Howie was appointed to the role by the board of VGI Partners, which is chaired by Robert Luciano. The appointment is effective ...