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Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... prevention - helping the weak link that could exacerbate the disease in Europe -- €15 million are planned to be allocated in Africa - as well as looking after its citizens -- €3 million allocated to the EU Civil Protection Mechanism for repatriation ...

Macquarie suit to lead Challenger joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... as a trader, credit analyst and in sales for the French bank's loan syndications across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In his new role, Benveniste will be based in Sydney. He has been tasked with building investor interest in Ares and raising ...

Asia is way forward for global economy: DWS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... Taylor said. "If you look at Latin America, it is quite commodity and interest rate based. It's the same story in South Africa. Turkey is very politically run and Russia is quite dependent on the oil price and global risk, whereas the Asian story is ...

New chief at HSBC Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... Martin Tricaud, who left the Australian chief executive role to move to Dubai and head up HSBC's Middle East, North Africa and Turkey business. Mclean has been with HSBC since 1996 and has worked for the global bank across Asia-Pacific, North America ...

Chief economist update: The PBOC stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Faced with slowing growth and above target inflation, what's a central bank to do? In the case of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), it's going for growth. In a surprise move, the Chinese central bank cut its seven-day reverse repo rate ...

CBA wealth boss to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... Vacy-Lyle. Vacy-Lyle is currently chief executive of FNB Commercial Banking, a division of the FirstRand Banking Group in South Africa. One year on from NewCo CBA hired Yetton from SocietyOne in October last year to lead its wealth and mortgaging businesses ...

Former Prime Minister joins global investment firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
Julia Gillard has been appointed to the global leadership council of LeapFrog Investments to provide strategic insight and global networks. Together with Singtel chair Simon Israel and chief executive of Ayala Corporation Jamie Augusto Zobel, Gillard ...

BlackRock merges ETF, unlisted fund sales teams in EMEA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... teams responsible for sales of its iShares and unlisted managed funds products for its business in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The unified salesforce will be responsible for distribution of BlackRock's products to asset management and wealth clients ...

Macquarie, Tasplan and QIC shuffle airports

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... industry's most prestigious annual events, the Farnborough International Airshow. MIRA head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Leigh Harrison said the firm was pleased to add the assets to its books. "We are delighted to announce our investment in Farnborough ...

AXA Investment Managers expands impact investing options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... launching a private market strategy aimed at emerging consumers in Latin America, South and South East Asian and Sub-Saharan Africa. AXA IM's Head of impact investing Jonathan Dean said in a statement: "Our mission is to identify those companies who ...