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GAM boosts local sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Following the recent appointment of Eric Finnell as managing director for Australia and New Zealand, GAM Investments has hired a new business development manager to look after wholesale clients. Reporting directly to Finnell, Malcolm Kazal brings with ...

GIC's investment chief to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
GIC investment chief Jeffrey Jaensubhakij plans to step down after almost three decades at the sovereign wealth fund, according to local reports. It is widely expected that deputy group chief investment officer Bryan Yeo will be promoted to the top ...

Legalsuper hunts for CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Legalsuper is looking for a new investment chief, following the resignation of Paul Murray who departed the industry fund just nine months into the job. Chief executive Luke Symons confirmed that Murray resigned from the fund on 20 December 2024 for ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Australia's labour market has remained strong in the December 2024 read, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 4% in December. "With employment rising by 56,000 ...

Bell Financial expects revenues, profits to rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Bell Financial Group (BFG) has said it expects to report an increase in full-year revenue and profit, ahead of its results announcement in February. The broker forecast that full-year revenues will rise 12% to $276 million (FY23: $247 million). It also ...

Local private wealth manager appoints new chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Stellan Capital, a national private wealth management firm, has appointed a new chief executive. Jim DeCarlo has stepped into the role at the firm, which specialises in strategic financial planning, bespoke portfolio management, and family office services. ...

FAAA accuses government of crucial CSLR failure

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) believes the government may have failed in its obligations when introducing the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) by skipping a key step. Following a review of documents the FAAA obtained ...

The highest paying jobs in financial services: Data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
There is a high demand for financial services professionals in Australia, according to the 2025 Robert Walters Salary Survey. The three roles employers are most eager to fill are operations analysts, investment analysts and credit analysts, the survey ...

Subscription EVs attract HESTA, IFM interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
IFM Investors and HESTA, by way of its mandate with the former, will take a 49% stake in Splend Group, a provider of subscription electric vehicles. IFM Investors has made the investment via its Growth Partners Fund 2, with HESTA and others also investing ...

BlackRock loses senior executive touted as Fink's successor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
BlackRock senior managing director, head of global client business Mark Wiedman - who was regarded as a potential successor to chief executive Larry Fink - is exiting the asset manager. Wiedman is responsible for BlackRock's commercial relationships ...