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CFS Investments chair to retire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... of MYOB and Flexigroup. Her current directorships includes sitting on the board of non-profit Foundation for Imaging Research and Redbubble. Ward said: "It has been a privilege to serve on the board of Colonial First State as its independent chairman ...

Ares bids for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... a lot of plans over the last decade but the execution has been accumulation of failure after failure." Deputy head of research at InvestSMART Gaurav Sodhi agreed the bid should come as a relief to shareholders, adding that Ares will likely look at disassembling ...

ANZ sees profits plummet, plans to exit thermal coal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... means no major Australian bank or insurer, apart from NAB, is willing to back thermal coal beyond 2030. But Market Forces research coordinator Jack Bertolus said the new policy is underwhelming and gives coal companies another five years to work out ...

Jarden continues Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... where he was a vice president. The New Zealand firm referred to its first round of hires as a "heavyweight Australian research team". In September, Frank Sarks joined Jarden Australia as director of institutional equities after 16 years with Macquarie. ...

Boutique hires from MLC Asset Management

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... Rebecca Collins has joined SG Hiscock & Company in a newly-created role of key account manager. Collins was most recently a research relationship manager at MLC Asset Management. She has 20 years of experience with roles at MLC Asset Management, NAB ...

Boutique builds out executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... in October to head the operational functions. Roger McIntosh, who was the former head of quantitative strategies and research at Delft Partners, and director at Optimal Alpha, joined as manager of quantitative strategies and risk. Monique Andrew joined ...

Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... has retained its status as having the best performing economy in Australia for the third consecutive quarter, CommSec research shows. In the stockbroker's latest State of the States report, the ACT economy has risen to second position, its highest ranking ...

Ninety One wins equity mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... billion with $92 billion in listed equity investments. The team running the All China Equity strategy uses fundamental research conducted from China. It aims to build a high-conviction portfolio of 30-50 Chinese companies that exhibit strong quality ...

Gender doesn't influence company returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
Analysis of ASX 300 companies since 2005 has shown a 33.1% rise in women filling non-executive director (NED) roles has had no influence on company returns. The Ownership Matters (OM) study examined the total shareholder return for each company, during ...

QIC hires former Frontier infrastructure head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... Melbourne office. He will be responsible for oversight of the QIP fund and take a lead role in portfolio analytics and research," QIC said in a statement. "Peter brings extensive experience to the role and we are delighted to have him on board." He has ...