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Integrity Life appoints chief technology officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... said. "Integrity's industry leading Life Platform was born in the cloud, and we plan to build on that heritage to provide a world class experience for our partners and customers." Integrity Life's leadership team has had a refresh recently, with Russell ...

Elon Musk buys Twitter for $61.4bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... from Twitter founder Jack Dorsey on 29 November 2021, added: "Twitter has a purpose and relevance that impacts the entire world." "Deeply proud of our teams and inspired by the work that has never been more important," Agrawal added. Musk's proposal ...

Wayne Swan joins AIST board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... welcome two more high calibre directors to our Board as we continue to navigate the organisation through the challenges of a world impacted by the pandemic while continuing to set it up for success in the future," Bolger said. "I can personally attest ...

Aussies place 17th for crypto profits

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... report. Driven by transaction and web traffic data, crypto platform Chainalysis saw a $162.7billion gain in crypto across the world in 2021, compared to just $32.5 billion in 2020. The gains seen in Australia were rather evenly distributed across Bitcoin ...

US stocks crumble after Jerome Powell's hawkish comments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... high, though inflationary pressures are not unique to the global powerhouse. Other Federal Reserve officials from around the world have indicated they too will aim to combat inflation through tightened monetary policy with interest rate hikes. It was ...

Pension fund pushes for independent chair at Berkshire Hathaway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
One of the world's largest pension funds has indicated it will vote Warren Buffett out as chair of Berkshire Hathaway at the company's annual general meeting later this month. Despite his notoriety as the world's best investor, the California ...

Australia's first-ever Bitcoin ETF to launch next week

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... sought-after products to market in this growing new asset class." Similarly, ETF Securities has partnered with 21Shares to launch world-beating crypto ETFs in Australia on 27 April. 21Shares is the world's largest issuer of crypto ETPs and has over ...

L1 Capital portfolio manager leaves to start family office

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... 40+ staff across three continents managing some of the best performing long only and absolute return funds anywhere in the world." Margolin also thanked fellow colleagues and L1 founders Mark Landau, Raphael Lamm and Joel Arber for their "tireless efforts ...

Tattarang invests in plastic-free fabric

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... investment officer John Hartman said this latest investment is an exciting move for the firm. "The textile industry is one of the world's oldest and true innovation is rare," Hartman said. "We see NFW and its patented technologies as a genuine disruptor ...

Pendal rejects Perpetual bid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... shareholders. In coming to this decision, the board said Pendal has some of the most respected investment talent in the world, with a track record of delivering superior long-term performance. It argued the firm has brought together a compelling global ...