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Australian wealth rises to $16.2tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed household wealth rose for a sixth straight quarter, by 2.7% in the March quarter to total $16.2 trillion. Residential land and dwellings was the largest contributor to quarterly growth in ...

ASIC freezes assets of Melbourne based licensee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained interim orders from the Federal Court freezing the assets of financial advice licensee United Global Capital and related property investment company Global Capital Property Fund ...

Inflation spikes again sparking rate rise fears

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Australians and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will be feeling disappointed after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the CPI indicator or May showing an annual increase of 4%, up from 3.4% in February. Canstar group executive, financial ...

Goldman Sachs names new head of Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Goldman Sachs has appointed Mark Davis as managing director and head of Australian and New Zealand equities. Davis will lead the equities team and work closely with regional leadership to drive the strategy for expanding the client franchise in Australia ...

First Sentier Investors names people, culture lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
First Sentier Investors appointed a new chief people and culture officer, commencing in the role this week. Adele Swan has been acting in the role for the past three months but has now been permanently appointed to the position. She replaces Melanie ...

New Zealand exits recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
New Zealand reported 0.2% GDP growth in the March quarter following two consecutive quarters of decline, putting to bed its technical recession for the meantime. The economy was buoyed by electricity, gas, water, and waste services; rental, hiring ...

UBS institutional client coverage lead departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
UBS Asset Management's local head of institutional client coverage has exited after almost two decades with the firm. Drew Fowler, who has run institutional coverage for four years, confirmed his departure. Fowler started with the Swiss giant's Australian ...

Former AMP advice lead sues The Australian

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
Former AMP head of advice Jack Regan has launched defamation proceedings against The Australian claiming an article published by the news outlet inferred he misled the Australian Investments and Securities Commission (ASIC). Regan claimed the article ...

Greece taps BlackRock FMA to build sovereign wealth fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
Greece will soon launch its inaugural sovereign wealth fund called National Investment Fund with the help of BlackRock's Financial Markets Advisory. Kostis Hatzidakis, Greece's minister of national economy and finance, affirmed the country's ...

Court freezes assets of Keystone AM managed fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained interim orders from the Federal Court to freeze the assets of the Shield Master Fund (Shield), a registered managed fund overseen by Keystone Asset Management. ASIC said it sought ...