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Head of sales departs Crestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
Crestone Wealth Management has lost its head of sales, with a replacement yet to be appointed. Edward Blight, who was with the business for more than five years, has departed. He was with Crestone for more than five years including as head of investment ...

Generational wealth gap continues to widen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
The children of those in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are likely to be significantly worse off financially than their parents, with the intergenerational wealth gap only widening. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, Taylor Fry principal ...

James Murdoch launches SPAC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
The son of Rupert Murdoch has filed papers to launch a US$300 million blank cheque company, which will focus on investing in Asia. James Murdoch, the younger son of Rupert Murdoch and former chief executive of 21 st Century Fox, is working with Uday ...

Rest hires from Cbus, BT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
The $62 billion industry super fund Rest has strengthened its internal investment team with two key appointments. REST appointed Kiran Singh to the role of head of listed assets and Sonia Bluzmanis as head of global equities. Singh joins Rest from Cbus ...

Crestone expands national footprint

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Crestone Wealth Management has made several hires as it expands into the South Australian market. It bolstered its South Australian presence by hiring a local team of investment professionals, based in Adelaide. Kieran Purcell will be manager of advisory ...

HESTA hires former Vanguard head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
HESTA, the $60 billion industry fund for the health and community services sector, has made a key appointment within its investments team. Stephen Howard has been appointed general manager, defensives. He was the head of fixed income for Asia Pacific ...

Bernie Madoff dies in prison

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
The architect of the largest Ponzi scheme in US history has died in prison aged 82. Bernie Madoff had been serving his sentence at FMC Butner, an administrative security federal medical centre for male offenders located in North Carolina, at the time ...

Chief economist update: Powell said, Yellen said

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
The monetary and fiscal masters of the US of A fronted the Senate Banking Committee - as required under the March 2020 COVID-19 relief law - singing a rendition of Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World. In his testimony, Federal Reserve chair ...

UK drags Bravura performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Bravura Solutions is feeling the sting of COVID-19 as its overseas operations deliver large blows to its profitability of more than 50%. The administration and management software provider announced that its UK and South African units have severely ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Even before the coronavirus vaccine was injected before Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's arm a day before the national roll-out on the 22nd of February this year, this 'Land Down Under' has already been returning to pre-covid normality. ...