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Top concerns of the rich revealed: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... uncertainty. The 2022 Family Office Survey was completed by 126 family offices. Of the respondents, 60% were from North America, 17% from Latin America, 12% from Asia Pacific (including Australia) and 11% from Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Of the ...

Stock exchanges, industry pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
Stock exchanges the world over have observed a minute's silence to honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, while several financial services organisations have also marked her passing overnight. The Royal Family announced early this morning that The ...

AustralianSuper grows New York team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
As it looks to increase its exposure to US markets, AustralianSuper has made a raft of appointments to its New York based investment team and relocated its head of private equity. The $260 billion fund recently relocated its head of private equity Terry ...

Transurban names new chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... Medibank, group executive finance and strategy of National Australia Bank Limited, chief executive and country head of Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia, and chief executive and executive chair of Goldman Sachs JBWere. He is currently a non-executive ...

Iress records 29% jump in profit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... increase is driven by growth in APAC trading and market data, financial advice, superannuation, mortgages, and the North America business. Its interim dividend per share remained the same at 16 cents, franked to 25% payable in September. Reported earnings ...

US Senate passes $1tn Inflation Reduction Act

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
The US Senate has passed the Democrats' $1.07 trillion bill which aims to tackle inflation by lowering the deficit and everyday expenses for working families. Following the Senate Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, President Joe Biden said: "I ...

Federal Reserve delivers 0.75bp rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
The US Federal Reserve raised its policy interest rate by 0.75 basis points to 2.5% and indicated further increases will likely be appropriate. Explaining the decision, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said: "From the standpoint of our congressional ...

US rocked by inflation disaster

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that inflation has surged 9.1% over the last year, shooting up a torrid 1.3% in June alone. While inflation has surged to its highest level in 41 years, US president Joe Biden said the CPI data doesn't ...

Frontier appoints new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... also chair of Suicide Prevention Australia and Assemble. She is also a non-executive director of Reinsurance Group of America ANZ and State Trustees. Previously, she was on the board of HESTA for more than 25 years. During that time, she also served ...

Australian Retirement Trust, Morrison & Co acquire FiberLight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... the future," ART head of private real and mid-risk assets Michael Weaver said. Meanwhile, Morrison & Co head of North America Perry Offutt said: "We are pleased to support FiberLight, a well-recognised provider of essential connectivity services to hundreds ...