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Another ban for Sirius Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
ASIC has banned former responsible manager of over-the-counter derivatives provider Sirius Financial, Mark Bringans, for eight years. Bringan's banning follows an ASIC investigation into the firm, which agreed to wind down its retail and wholesale operations ...

Interest rates will jump to slay "the evil of inflation": Lowe

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
At the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board dinner, governor Phillip Lowe expressed that interest rates will need to go higher to bring inflation back to target. After a seventh straight rate rise, whereby the bank lifted the interest rate to 2.85% ...

Central banks to tighten on all sides: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... European Central Bank (ECB) raised rates another 0.75%, and BII expects the Fed to do the same this week. "That's a record pace for the ECB, one it's signaled may slow, and the fastest hiking cycle for the Fed since the 1980s," BII said. "Most ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
After surging 28.6% between the pandemic low in September 2020 to a high in April, national property prices have fallen 6%, said AMP chief economist Shane Oliver. "The key drivers of the downturn remain: poor affordability, rising mortgage rates, some ...

Hostplus hands Bell Asset Management $500m mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... global small and mid-cap equity mandate. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said: "Bell's strong long-term performance record, the quality of the team and a disciplined investment approach were the key factors in our making them part of our growing ...

ASIC finds shortcomings in wholesale market practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... surveillance systems, with gaps in the coverage of key conduct risks. The regulator also noted that some dealers didn't record voice communications or had poorly implemented surveillance systems which had insufficient data feeds. Albeit these inadequacies ...

Carlyle names local private equity lead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... said: "We are very excited to welcome Geoff to Carlyle's Asia Pacific leadership team." "Carlyle has an established track record of over 20 years in Australasia where we have completed several notable transactions such as Healthscope, Coates Hire, Qube ...

AL&P hires global, APAC business development heads

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... additional capital," he said. On her appointment, Shirazi said: "I'm very impressed with the team and by its strong track record of delivering sophisticated currency management strategies to institutional clients." "I believe that at the current time ...

Colonial First State partners with Bravura, Tech Mahindra

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... the partnership will focus on leveraging digital tools and solutions to provide a seamless experience. "Our proven track record from more than 11 years in the superannuation and wealth industry in Australia around the modernisation and migration of IT ...

Charter Hall hires REIT vet

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... pleased to handover this multi award-winning fund to Mark Ferguson and I am confident that through his knowledge and track record, he is capable of continuing the outstanding returns to investors into the future." "It is exciting to be delivering performance ...