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IOOF expands advice team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... our capabilities to execute our advice-led strategy while retaining a flat and agile structure that enables us to remain close to our advisers and clients." Along with her experience within the financial services industry Gregory-Aylett is a founding ...

Frontier veteran to depart

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
The $380 billion asset consultant is bidding farewell to Fiona Trafford-Walker after nearly 25 years with the business. Trafford-Walker was appointed as Frontier's managing director in 2000 when it separated from Industry Fund Services and stayed ...

Blackstone makes $8.7 billion purchase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... to continue to experience outsized demand growth. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions, but is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019. This comes after Blackstone agreed to buy Canadian real estate investment trust Dream Global ...

Chief economist update: The greatest central banker of modern times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
"Patience is a virtue." We've heard, read and seen this quote many, many times. This is a quote that's so easy to say but difficult to apply - more so if you're the head of one of the world's biggest central banks, presiding over a fast ...

AUSTRAC orders audit of PayPal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
AUSTRAC has ordered the appointment of an external auditor to look into PayPal Australia in relation to "ongoing concerns" about its compliance with financial crime laws. The financial intelligence agency said the concerns relate to PayPal Australia's ...

Former Deutsche director joins EQT

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
Equity Trustees hired a former Deutsche institutional sales director as an investment specialist. Grant Mundell joined the firm earlier this month as an investment specialist in its asset management team, with a remit to work closely with its philanthropy ...

Chief economist update: Are capital markets the next Sino-US battleground?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
US president Donald Trump might be thinking that it's a small price to pay - sending the US equity market down - in return for his broader objective of getting China to wave the white flag in this seemingly never-ending trade battle. US benchmark ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... thinking on the issue. The retirement income policy division posed and answered the question: "Won't increasing SG help close the gender gap in super balances?" "The main drivers of women having lower balances than men are women's lower incomes and long ...

Macquarie unveils green ambitions in New York

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... move given its status as the world's largest infrastructure manager at $120.2 billion. Further, MIRA is approaching final close of $1 billion on an agricultural fund which will target improved on-farm energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions through ...

Paradice portfolio manager departs, US office closed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
David Paradice's equities boutique is closing its San Francisco office and bidding farewell to a co-portfolio manager after a restructure of its global small caps team. The $5 billion Paradice Global Small Cap Fund was managed by investors across Sydney ...