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EY Australia chief steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
EY's Australia chief executive and Oceania regional managing partner has resigned after over 34 years with the firm. Tony Johnson joined EY in 1987 and was made partner just over a decade later. Following this, Johnson was promoted to managing partner ...

HESTA awards tech mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The $56 billion industry fund has appointed a cloud investment platform to support its in-house portfolio management. The super fund selected SimCorp's Dimension as a Service to consolidate its investment data into one central location including ...

MLC Life appoints transformation lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
MLC Life Insurance has welcomed a new chief innovation and transformation officer who has previously held roles with AIA Australia and NAB. Rick Wingfield has taken on the role, replacing acting chief innovation and transformation officer Tahir Tanveer. ...

Family home dominates adviser conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Investment and retirement strategies around the family home were hot topics for financial advisers' clients in 2020. BT financial advisers' December 2020 quarter survey found clients continue to query advisers about their eligibility for the ...

Chi-X bolsters executive team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Disruptor stock exchange, Chi-X Australia, has announced a senior appointment in a newly created role. John Williams was appointed to the new role of deputy chief operating officer. He joins from National Stock Exchange of Australia, where he was head ...

Macquarie backs medical drone testing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) portfolio company will trial a medical drone logistics network across the United Kingdom. AGS Airports, held by Ferrovial and the MIRA managed entity AGS Ventures Airports, is leading a consortium to develop ...

Waste key to economic recovery: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
The CSIRO has published a roadmap to economic recovery finding innovation in Australia's waste management space could triple job creation. The National Circular Economy Roadmap suggested the key strategy for creating jobs and reclaiming billions ...

Ord Minnett adds to team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
Ord Minnett has announced seven new appointments, including a Deutsche Bank director to its institutional equities sales team. Ashley Cox joined the firm on January 18 in institutional equities sales. In his most recent role, he was a director at Deutsche ...

BlackRock readies for crypto exposure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
The world's largest asset manager is flirting with the idea of investing in cryptocurrency, priming two of its global funds to potential exposure to bitcoin futures. Two filings with US watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal that two ...

Investa buys $800m property from Macquarie

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
The Investa Commercial Property Fund (ICPF) has entered a 50/50 joint venture with international financial services group Manulife to acquire an office building in Sydney from Macquarie for $800 million. Investa and Manulife have acquired the right ...