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Trading platform names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... experienced at the onset of the pandemic. The number of new registrations rose from 240 to 605 per day on average between December 2020 and January 2021. During February, the numbers jumped to an average of 855 per day.

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... Australian Taxation Office (ATO) reported that the number of employees availing of JobKeeper dropped by 57.2% in the December 2020 quarter from the second and third quarters of last year. If correct, Australia's virtuous cycle would keep on turning. ...

Super fund ups stake in renewable company

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... actively considering a net-zero emissions target as part of reviewing its approach to climate-related risk management at its December 2020 annual members' meeting. "As a significant investor in unlisted assets such as infrastructure, property and ...

Multi-boutique adds partner

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to invest in Astarte Capital Partners, after entering a purchase agreement on December 24. PAC is paying GBP4.4 million (about $7.97 million) for a 40% share of Astarte's net income. About 35% of the consideration ...

Kin Group bids to takeover McPherson's

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... receive cash now at an attractive premium." McPherson's lost its chief executive, Laurie McAllister, who resigned in December 2020. Gallin claimed this also eroded investor confidence in the company's governance. McPherson's is a health and ...

De Ferrari hasn't resigned: AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... Ferarri was Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific head of private banking before moving into the AMP chief executive role in December 2018. During his time so far, AMP has offloaded its life insurance business to UK's Resolution Life, the much smaller ...

Australians bullish on 2021 recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... who expect economic growth to continue over the next 12 months. About two thirds (63%) of Australians surveyed during December 2020 expect to achieve better-than-average returns over the next year (up from 46% on Q3 2020), while 57% expect to outperform ...

AustralianSuper adds to investment committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... AustralianSuper's board, taking over from ACTU secretary Dave Oliver. Willox has been on AustralianSuper's board since December 2014. He is an employer director appointed by Ai Group, where he is the chief executive. Willox has worked as chief political ...

Sydney boutique to buy a slice of Investec assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... portfolio is sound and provides a great opportunity to expand our relationship with Australian corporate borrowers." In December, Investec said it would withdraw from the Australian market after 23 years to focus on core markets of the UK and South Africa. ...

New fund launches on Chi-X

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... for Australian investors." 360 Capital has a total FUM of $544 million, which was up 22.6% over the six months to 31 December 2020. Chi-X chief executive Vic Jokovic said active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have experienced unprecedented demand over ...