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Australia bucks concentration trend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
New research on equity markets from S&P shows the ASX 200 has become more diversified as markets around the world have become more concentrated. "We can analyse stock concentration at a high level by using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). This ...

New board director for Morrison & Co

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Morrison & Co has appointed corporate finance and infrastructure expert Kate Mingay as a non-executive director, effective immediately. Mingay brings three decades of extensive commercial and regulatory experience, having worked across the private and ...

QIC adds new investment role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
A newly created role has been added to QIC's investment function, appointing someone from another division. The new position is senior portfolio manager, State Investments and is now carried out by Andrew Whittaker. Whittaker was previously senior portfolio ...

Insto investors tempted by crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
A new study shows close to 80% of institutional investors and wealth managers are now looking favourably upon cryptocurrencies, citing strong capital growth and diversification benefits. Commissioned by digital assets hedge fund manager Nickel Digital ...

Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Life insurers will take on more risks and shun safe-haven assets in a bid to bump up returns in 2022. Australian life insurers are tipped to shed their conservative nature this year amid a tough macroeconomic environment, according to bfinance. Many ...

JANA hires legal expert from industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Investment consulting firm JANA appointed a legal expert to lead its risk and compliance division. Lindy Hunt was hired as head of legal, risk and compliance last December, joining from Club Plus Super where she spent the last seven years of her career. ...

Financial watchdog warns on crypto

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
In a public statement this week, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission ( ASIC) has issued a warning urging self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to consider the risks of cryptocurrency investments. The corporate regulator said that it had noticed ...

Citi adds to APAC leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Stella Choe has been named as the new head of Citi's Global Subsidiaries Group (GSG) for Asia Pacific. Choe will replace Munir Nanji, who has taken a new role as head of the Central Europe Cluster and Citi country officer for Czech Republic. Choe will ...

Pendal appoints new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
Pendal Group has appointed a new chair in Deborah Page. Effective today, Page takes over the role of chair from James Evans, who was appointed in 2013. Evans joined the ASX-listed company's board in 2010, helping oversee funds under management grow ...

REIT changes fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
A $3.6 billion real estate investment trust appointed a new lead to serve as fund manager and chief executive. Charter Hall's Retail REIT (CQR) today announced Ben Ellis takes over the reins from Greg Chubb, who resigned to assume a senior role at the ...