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Frontier welcomes family office specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021

The asset consultant is adding a new senior consultant to boost the firm's family office knowledge. Meirine Giggins is joining Frontier's growing 'non-super' business, bringing over two decades of experience working with family offices and endowment ...

Mirae appoints local chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON | TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021

... Securities as chief executive. Prior to this, he was based in London and was head of capital markets for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Invesco Powershares. Walesby was also head of capital markets at ETF Securities and worked in capital markets business ...

Pandemic delays retirement plans

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing over one third of Americans to delay their retirement while a larger cohort are turning to part-time work to supplement their nest egg, a new survey finds. Those intending to retire over the next five years are putting ...

AFCA names human resources lead from ME Bank

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021

... consultant with Deloitte, including as chief of staff and human resources transformation for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has also worked in human resources and employee relations roles for media groups the BBC and Fairfax, and Swedish-American ...

Metrics adds three investment directors

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021

... loan portfolio, as the latter looked to exit the Australian market after 23 years to focus on United Kingdom and South Africa. The acquired portfolio included leveraged finance and fund finance loans to corporates and funds across business services ...

Research reveals factors influencing advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021

... recommendations "were closer to totally random than totally consistent". The study, conducted in partnership with South Africa's professional body The Financial Planning Institute and South African firm Momentum Investments, suggests variations are also ...

JANA appoints head of sustainability

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021

... for clients. She has worked as a regulatory counsel at State Street Bank in Asia Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.Prior to this, she was an investigator in enforcement and financial crime division of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority. ...

State Street appoints APAC head of asset managers

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021

... Asset Management, and the chief operating officer for BlackRock's institutional clients in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In his new role at State Street, Macdonald will be based in Hong Kong, and report to State Street's head of global asset ...

First Sentier adds director

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021

... integration projects and transformation initiatives. Prior to that, she worked as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs in South Africa, France and the UK. In appointing Rouge, Ma said there are growing opportunities for investments in water and water ...

Pandemic boosts financial sector's engagement

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021

... ability to lead and communicate and so forth. Employees from India, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, South Africa and Mexico are the most resilient workers, recording a score of 17% and above. Australia scored 12% in terms of workplace ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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