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Banking veteran retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
ANZ's deputy chief executive officer Graham Hodges will retire in May after a 27-year career with the bank. Hodges has held a range of senior executive roles since joining ANZ in 1991, including chief executive of ANZ New Zealand, group managing director ...

Pengana recruits former AFL player

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Pengana Capital Group is boosting its Melbourne distribution team with two new hires. The first, Broc McCauley, joins Pengana as business development manager, responsible for servicing dealer groups, researchers, platforms and advisers in Victoria ...

Pengana drives WHSP finance portfolio up 43pct

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
The performance of Pengana Capital Group, which was created following the Hunter Hall merger last year, drove Washington H. Soul Pattinson's 1H18 portfolio up 43.3%. Pengana delivered a $1.9 million contribution to WHSP's net profit during the period. ...

Chief economist update: Build, build, and build some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
A number of market moving events and economic releases are scheduled for this week - ones that could either preserve or disrupt the status quo. In America, President Donald Trump will deliver his 'State of the Union' address and the Fed meets for the ...

Inflated attention on September US CPI inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Heading into last weekend, financial headlines abound over the latest update on US consumer price inflation. Financial market participants keenly awaited its release for clues on future Fed monetary policy direction...or so the headlines say. I say ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
Love him or loathe him, Donald Trump remains the stuff of headlines going into and since he won the 8 November 2016 US presidential election. Reports abound about Trump versus Kim, Trump versus NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
Expensive valuations, concerns that the war of words between Washington and Pyongyang could escalate into a real nuclear one, the possible breach of the US debt ceiling and, lately, Hurricane Harvey - singly or combined - couldn't dent positive sentiment ...

Perpetual case dismissed in court

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
Although Perpetual's shareholder oppression case against Washington H Soul Pattinson was dismissed by the Federal Court on Monday, chief executive Geoff Lloyd said his group was simply acting in the best interests of unitholders. Perpetual, which retains ...

Manager lists after $3bn merger

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
The vast majority of shareholders in an ASX-listed fund manager have approved a merger including $3.1 billion in funds under management, creating a new listed entity in the process. Following this decision, Hunter Hall will merge with Pengana Capital ...

HHV appoints coal company chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Listed ethical investment company Hunter Hall Global Value has named the chair of coal company New Hope Group as an interim director. Robert Millner joined HHV's board following chair Paul Jensen's removal so it could comply with ASX listing standards ...