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Mayfair 101 reveals new sub-division, hires chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... Tourism's first chief executive will be Ciaran Handy. Handy has had a long career in tourism including almost 20 years as general manager of hotels and resorts for Hamilton Island Enterprises. Most recently, Handy has been independently consulting ...

Global asset manager appoints local insto lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... developing relationships with pension funds and investment consultants. He has also previously served Schroders and Legal & General Investment Management. In his new role, Sharma will assume responsibility for building and broadening ASI's relationships ...

Chinese tech giant buys 5% stake in Afterpay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
A Chinese tech giant has bought a 5% stake in buy-now-pay-later provider Afterpay, after paying approximately $416 million for more than 13 million shares in the company. Tencent is an online entertainment, digital advertising, social media, fintech ...

Westpac to review business units

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... insufficient for the risk," he said. These include wealth platforms, superannuation and retirement products, investments, and general and life insurance and auto finance, he added. It will also include Westpac Pacific. Commenting on Yetton's appointment ...

Sargon buyers tap former PEXA chief as adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... consultant for Boston Consulting Group who went on to work as the founding chief of Veda Advantage Solutions in 1995, a general manager at NAB and finally, the founding chief of PEXA. At Sargon, he is understood to be providing the new owners with strategic ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... the brave," he said. There is a reason junk bonds are attractively priced at the moment, he warned. "High yield debt, in general, is not that well diversified; it's dominated by energy companies and oil companies in particular," Miller said. They ...

Now is the time to step up: FEW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
At a time when most are concerned about making career moves, those on the path to leadership are being told now's the perfect time to put themselves out there. That's according to Financial Executive Women executive director Alex Tullio, saying there ...

COVID-19 drives Aussies to check exemptions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... was enforced, given there is often "some degree of uncertainty as to whether someone took their own life". "What is your general approach to handling those situations?" Leigh asked. Swanson said that where uncertainty exists, the firm's philosophy ...

Financial services boards overpaid: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Australia's financial services companies are the seventh largest group of companies listed within the ASX100 by market capitalisation, yet their directors are among the most handsomely rewarded. A new report released by Apollo Communications reveals ...

Private asset consultant makes global hire

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... global small to mid cap space. He will focus on finding and executing secondary investment opportunities and managing general partner relationships. Flexstone managing partner David Arcauz said Van Overloop would reinforce the firm's appeal in the secondaries ...