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Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... sooner-than-later taper expectations, along comes Robert Steven Kaplan -- president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. While the US Federal Reserve was waxing optimistic on the outlook for the general economy at the conclusion ...

Iress hires former dealer group chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... prior to that. Earlier in his career, Kellett was a division director at Macquarie and private client adviser at ANZ Private Bank. Iress confirmed that Kellett will be based in Sydney, reporting to chief commercial officer Michael Blomfield and will ...

TCorp hires CBA capital markets executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
The New South Wales Treasury Corporation has appointed a long-serving Commonwealth Bank executive to the role of head of funding and balance sheet. Rob Kenna leads the team primarily responsible for raising debt in the form of bonds and managing the ...

New partnership for BC Investment Group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... partnership in an announcement to the ASX. Once regulatory approval is granted, Novatti will be able to launch and operate a new bank. BC Invest is a majority-owned subsidiary of Far East Consortium International Limited, a conglomerate listed on the ...

Crescent Finance launches real estate funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... institutions, plans to provide authentic structures whereby they co-invest funds that are not simply borrowed from a conventional bank at an interest rate and wrapped in legalese to make them appear Islamically compliant," said Farook, who was previously ...

Infrastructure Capital hires from Frontier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... power and utilities at HSBC Global Banking and Markets. Meena Samaan has also joined ICG as director. He joins from Royal Bank of Canada where he was director of infrastructure. Samaan's focus at ICG will be on deal execution. Finally, Andrew Carman ...

Westpac profit climbs, executive leaves

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... a key executive. In its half-year results, Westpac recorded a 189% increase in statutory net profit to $3.4 billion. The bank attributed the substantial increase in net profit to the impairment charges of $2.2 billion in the first half of 2020 while ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 causes double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... earlier, which would mark the best quarter for European stocks since IBES records began nine years ago" and that, "European bank Q1s show fading concerns about pandemic driven meltdown". This optimism is made manifest by a Bloomberg report (citing SocGen) ...

AMP chair faces shareholder ire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
AMP chair Deborah Hazelton has dodged heavy-hitting questions from shareholders who demanded transparency on the firm's failure to reign in chaotic leadership changes and why they are the last to know about significant announcements. Shareholders ...

Chief investment officer departs Mutual Trust

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... wealth, will now lead the business' investments. He has been with Mutual Trust since 2015, joining from Credit Suisse Private Bank. Prior to that, Gourlay held roles at Kardina Capital and Austock Asset Management. Prior to Mutual Trust, Bibby spent ...