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Future Fund board members reappointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... said in a statement. Kay has worked in finance in executive and non-executive roles for about 30 years. She is a former banker and lawyer, working at Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Linklaters & Paines in London, New York and Australia. She is currently ...

Ellerston, Morphic look to oust Perpetual

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... EGI's net tangible asset value (NTA) and the share price - which was the subject of shareholder and former Rothschild banker David Kingston's fury in October last year. Ellerston Capital currently acts as manager and responsible entity to its ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Friday the 13th isn't so unlucky after all as it turned out to be a rally day on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index surged by 9.3% while the Dow and the Nasdaq pole-vaulted by 9.4% the day after US President Trump's declaration of a national emergency ...

JP Morgan's coronavirus contingency plan

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Global investing powerhouse JP Morgan has started testing out its coronavirus contingency plan, in case the virus develops into a global pandemic. Thousands of the bank's US employees have been asked to spend a day working from home in the coming ...

Wells Fargo coughs up $4.5 billion

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
Wells Fargo will fork out $4.5 billion to resolve the fake account scandal that has continued to rattle the world's fourth largest bank since 2016. The $4.5 billion (US$3 billion) settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and ...

Ellerston LIC chair resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... between EGI's net tangible asset value (NTA) and the share price - which was the subject of shareholder and former Rothschild banker David Kingston's fury in October last year. EGI's board formed a subcommittee to consider the February 17 proposal. It ...

JP Morgan appoints two Aussie leads

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
JP Morgan has appointed not one, but two co-heads to lead the firm's investment banking business down under. Jabe Jerram and Simon Ranson have been appointed as co-heads of JP Morgan's investment banking coverage. A JP Morgan spokesperson said the appointments ...

JPMorgan admits to withholding ANZ shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... shares from the market. Speaking to the court for the ongoing case surrounding the $2.5 billion ANZ share sale, ex-JPMorgan banker Jeff Herbert-Smith said there was a "gentleman's agreement" between the three banks to restrict their share sales. Herbert-Smith ...

Westpac appoints new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
Westpac has appointed John McFarlane to the board as non-executive director and chair-elect, set to replace Lindsay Maxsted on 2 April 2020. McFarlane has over 44 years' experience in the financial services industry both in Australia and internationally ...

Fixed income giant names Australia head

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
A global fixed income investment manager has named its new Australia head, promoting the incumbent to a regional leadership role. PIMCO managing director and co-head of Asia-Pacific portfolio management Rob Mead is set to head PIMCO's Australia ...