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David Elmslie steps down as Hostplus chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
After 15 years at the helm of the fund's board, David Elmslie has been replaced by former QIC chief executive Damien Frawley. Elmslie's term came to an end on Friday, June 30. He was first appointed chair of Hostplus in 2007. At that time, Hostplus ...

Social impact fund to target essential workers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... institutional investors, will be made available to first responders and frontline workers, helping them secure a property close to their workplace. Launched today, the Home Owners' Partnering Equity (HOPE) initiative will co-invest up to 50% of an ...

Collimate Capital deals inch toward completion

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... Capital's domestic real estate and international infrastructure equity businesses remains on track, with both deals expected to close before the end of the year. According to AMP, both transactions are continuing to progress towards meeting the relevant ...

SEC fines UBS Financial Services over fraud charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
In the US, UBS Financial Services has agreed to pay US$25 million to settle fraud charges related to a complex options trading strategy it sold to investors without adequately educating their financial advisers on the product's risks. The Yield Enhancement ...

TIP Group appoints senior executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
Teaminvest Private Group (TIP) has appointed Timothy Wong as its new head of TIP Equity and Michael Baragwanath as its new head of wealth. Effective July 1, Wong will be running the firm's private equity division and Baragwanath will oversee the group's ...

Adviser associations to merge

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
Members of the Authorised Representatives Association (ARA), have voted to close the 40-year-old association and merge with The Advisers Association (TAA). ARA represents around 90 Charter Financial Planning businesses and approximately 250 advisers. ...

Neobank Volt closes its doors

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
Australian neobank Volt, the first of its kind to receive a full banking licence from APRA, is closing its doors and urging customers to withdraw all funds from accounts before July 5. In a statement, Volt said the decision was made by the board after ...

ASIC urges market to improve outage resilience

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
ASIC is calling on market operators and participants to continue implementing and improving the resilience of the Australian equity market during outages. ASIC released the findings of its review into the ASX outage in November 2020 and other incidents ...

Australia home to high proportion of women billionaires

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
Australia has ranked third in the world for the highest proportion of female billionaires, according to Forbes' 36th annual billionaire list. The top spot was jointly held by Barbados and Portugal with one billionaire each (in both cases, a female). ...

Natixis names head of diversity, equity and inclusion

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
Natixis Investment Managers has promoted Charlene Sagoe to head of diversity, equity and inclusion for its international business. Sagoe will be responsible for driving Natixis' diversity, equity and inclusion ambitions which is an important pillar ...