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Deutsche Bank appoints local chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
Deutsche Bank has named who will lead its Australian business one year after former incumbent Anthony Miller left for Westpac. Glenn Morgan takes the helm as chief executive, a role he's been acting in since July 2020. Morgan has been with the European ...

J.P. Morgan acquires digital wealth manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
J.P. Morgan Chase has acquired a digital wealth manager in a move to further its launch of Chase as a digital bank in the UK later this year. Nutmeg is an independent digital wealth manager in the UK and J.P. Morgan plans to integrate it into its digital ...

Boutique hires from Allan Gray

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
A Melbourne credit boutique has hired Allan Gray's head of retail strategy, as it looks to fill capacity and launch new strategies. Alexander Funds Management appointed Chris Inifer as its head of distribution in a newly created role. Inifer is tasked ...

Charter Hall grows portfolio by $800m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
Charter Hall is set take control of close to $800 million in property assets, most of which are home to government organisations. Charter Hall has secured a $790 million portfolio, comprising the Services Australia building in the ACT's Tuggeranong ...

Investec fund in management buyout

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Investec Australia has divested a portion of its $60 million emerging companies strategy to the fund's founder. The Investec Emerging Companies Australia Fund (IEC) has been bought out by David Phillips on the back of launching Commencer Capital ...

Farmland value grows in all states

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
For the first time since 2005, every single state in Australia saw the price of farmland increase. The median price per hectare of Australian farmland increased by 12.9%, with the nation enjoying its seventh consecutive year of farmland value growth. ...

Mandates will flow to transparency: Survey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
A survey of institutional investors has found that most expect to place greater emphasis on the importance of transparency when allocating money to fund managers. Global Palladium Fund surveyed 100 institutional investors and wealth managers in the ...

OpenMarkets hires, acquires, preps for IPO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
OpenMarkets has made a series of senior appointments as it prepares for an initial public offering. Naseema Sparks has been appointed chair, Andrew Rutherford and Paul Rayson are new non-executive directors and Bob Alexander is now executive director ...

EISS Super, TWUSUPER explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
The two industry superannuation funds have signed a memorandum of understanding to weigh a potential merger. If the merger proceeds, the combined fund will have about 130,000 members and $12 billion in funds under management. In a joint statement, the ...

AustralianSuper adds to investment committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
AustralianSuper last month added a former Goldman Sachs Australia managing director and partner to its investment committee. Pippa Downes was appointed to AustralianSuper's investment committee by ACTU Super Shareholdings Pty Ltd and the Ai Group last ...