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California to mandate personal finance studies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... teachers who complete 20 hours of professional development with NGPF will earn a US$500 stipend. A 2016 survey by the Bank of America found that just 31% of young Americans aged between 18 to 26 believed that their high school education did a good job ...

bfinance completes management buyout

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... engagements for investors outside Europe, compared with 39% in 2018. "The shift has been led by growing client bases in North America, the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Australia," it said. Commenting on the buyout, bfinance chief executive David ...

New chief for Queensland Treasury Corp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
Leon Allen has been named chief executive of Queensland Treasury Corporation. Announcing the appointment, Treasurer Cameron Dick said Allen's experience in Queensland and internationally made him the ideal candidate to lead the financing arm for ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
There is no difference between investment returns for US state pension funds in "blue" states that might be more likely to integrate ESG investment principles and "red" states that are more likely to ban ESG investment strategies, according to Rainmaker ...

Private equity still hot: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... investors, including traditional asset managers, private equity managers, insurance companies and asset owners across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Making up 10% of the total sample, 47 of these respondents were from Australia ...

Summerhayes named Zurich chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
Former APRA chair Geoff Summerhayes has been appointed as chair of Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich). Summerhayes boasts an impressive track record in financial services as former executive board member of APRA and as chief executive of Suncorp ...

Natixis APAC lead takes bigger role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... as head of international distribution. In this role he will oversee the distribution activities of EMEA, APAC and Latin America. He will report to head of asset and wealth management within Groupe BPCE's Global Financial Services, Tim Ryan. Chemouny ...

Stafford Capital Partners launches new fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... access to a diversified global infrastructure portfolio, with core infrastructure risk predominately in Europe, North America and Australasia through LP as well as GP-led secondaries and co-investments. The fund is classified as Article 8 under the Sustainable ...

Strengths and weaknesses in DC systems: Comparison

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
The differences between the US and Australian defined contribution workplace superannuation system has been explored at an academic forum in New York. At the Global Committee of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) forum ...

Aware Super, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America back Xpansiv

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
Commodities platform Xpansiv has secured new strategic investors in Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, while Aware Super has deepened its investment. Xpansiv also announced the closing of a $125 million capital raise designed to fuel continued growth ...