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Frontier names head of real assets arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Frontier Advisors appointed an investment banker to lead its real assets division. Isabelle Demir joins Frontier Advisors as head of real assets on July 30. The asset consultant has about $300 billion under advice. Demir will work closely with property ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
They're no mere mortals, they're three of the 10 highly-qualified and esteemed experts at the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) that currently sits as the CAMA RBA Shadow Board. They are Doctors Mark Crosby, Warwick McKibbin and ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
Most equity market investors are concerned but not yet alarmed at Trump's protectionist policies. This could be because the financial media is calling it a trade dispute, a trade spat and not a trade war (or is it because of the markets' relatively ...

Chief economist update: RBA not cruising for a bruising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
"In the current circumstances, members agreed that it was more likely that the next move in the cash rate would be up, rather than down." Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe declared this in many of his recent speeches, the statement was ...

Chief economist update: Trade war and peace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring ...

NSW fintechs dominate Finnie Awards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... Sydney-based insurance solution provider Cover Genius was recognised for excellence in insurtech. Former Macquarie investment banker Katherine McConnell was awarded outstanding fintech leader of the year after her energy financing startup Brighte secured ...

Former ANZ GM joins NAB

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
NAB has hired a former ANZ general manager in a bid to boost customer experience in its business banking division. The bank has appointed Tania Motton to the newly created role of customer executive NAB Partners - Southern, with Motton reporting to ...

Global banking ethics standard coming to Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  SATURDAY, 26 MAY 2018
A financial services industry group is supporting the launch of a new global banking education standard. The Ethics Education and Training for Professional Bankers Standard is the first to be released by the Global Banking Education Standards Board ...

Spaceship beefs up senior management

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
The millennial super fund which now manages about $180 million in funds has added two industry veterans to its top brass among four new appointments. The move tightens its compliance and governance. Andrew Moore will now serve as chairperson on Spaceship ...

Activist LIC appoints new director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
An activist listed investment company has appointed a former Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs investment banker to its board. Melinda Snowden has joined the board of ASX-listed Sandon Capital Investments as an independent non-executive director. Snowden ...