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Tim Unger to depart ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
Australian Retirement Trust is losing one of the country's most prominent sustainability specialists, with veteran ESG expert Tim Unger set to depart at the end of the month. Unger, senior portfolio manager of sustainable investments, is tasked ...

RBA delivers 'hawkish hold'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
... reinforces the government's responsible economic management but said he was "realistic" about potential impacts facing the country. "Australia is one of only nine countries to be rated AAA by all three major credit rating agencies," Chalmers said. ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... hours." In the UK, that translated to breaking the GBP500 barrier. "I think that's what we need to work on in this country. How we do that? Given the adviser numbers are low and that technology can be powerful - it is inevitable," he says. Overwhelmed ...

GIM director slapped with travel restraints

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
Global Investment Marketing (GIM) director Darren Geddes has been barred from leaving the country for the next six months as ASIC alleges he misappropriated money via a sham bond investment scheme. ASIC did not provide details behind its allegations ...

MHC Digital partners to launch stablecoin platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... a stablecoin in Australia," Carnegie said. "Launching at a time of accelerating global adoption, we are providing the country with a trusted onshore option to meet surging demand. Together with Catena, this partnership is building the foundation for ...

Macquarie AM wins sovereign wealth fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... reflecting its focus on diversifying the Saudi economy outside of oil and encouraging foreign institutional investment in the country. PIF deputy governor and head of MENA Investments Yazeed Al-Humied commented that the MoU with MAM marks a significant ...

AZ NGA forms strategic partnership with Qld advice firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... of peers for advisers in our regional offices. "We can't provide that at the moment, but AZ NGA has people all over the country and specifically in areas where we are, which will expose our advisers to local, like-minded advisers and new opportunities." ...

Natixis IM adds distribution leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... worked in business development and account management roles at Russell Investments, AIA Australia and AMP. Natixis IM country head for Australia and New Zealand Louise Watson said: "James, with his expertise across wealth management and investments ...

Female fund managers' triumphant decade: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... managers. On the other side, Europe is less favourable but among the "pace-setters", Citywire said. Spain remains the country with the highest proportion of women fund managers at 22%, though the figure was down 1% compared with the previous year. However ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... US 'exceptionalism.' Firstly, the tariffs saw US President Donald Trump come to the table suddenly because the country did not have the rare earth minerals required to run its basic industry, Miller says. "The second portion is DeepSeek. We all ...