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Trustee of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
A director for HESTA and Frontier Advisors was named the Trustee of the Year at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds. Angela Emslie was recognised by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, with AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck ...

Northern Trust appoints head of Australasia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
Northern Trust has appointed a new head of its Australasia business, succeeding Madeleine Senior. Angelo Calvitto will take over responsibility for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, having joined Northern Trust in 2008. He was most recently ...

Chief economist update: This time is different

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
"It's murder on the dance floor. You'd better not kill the groove..." - Sophie Ellis-Bextor. "Stock Market Loser Kills Brokerage Manager, Self in Shooting Rampage". This was Los Angeles Times' headline reporting about an investor going into Merrill ...

Venture capital firm plants $1.8m seed for Honee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... beauty platform showing ambition and drive to expand internationally. Blackbird Ventures, alongside Melbourne and Sydney angel investors, led the $1.8 million seed funding for Honee. The investment comes after Canva, another company with Blackbird Ventures ...

Channel Capital appoints distribution director from Janus Henderson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
Channel Capital appointed a new distribution director for its specialist investment management partners. Byron Slessar joins Channel Capital from Janus Henderson, where he was a sales director for wholesale clients and intermediaries in NSW and ACT ...

Chief economist update: The angel in the details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... sure it should, if Wall Street was investing for the December 2017 quarter and not looking forward to what lies ahead. The angel is in the details of the US National Accounts. Personal consumption expenditures - that which accounts for around 70% of ...

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... evolution in how investors approach start-up ventures - a shift towards pre and post-series A funding. Price added seed and angel funding are still a vital part of the start-up ecosystem. While the number of deals fell from 185 (2016) to 135 (2017) ...

Former industry fund CIO leaves Vanguard after seven months

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
The former chief investment officer of Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund has parted ways with Vanguard Australia after just seven months. Mary McLaughlin commenced as senior investment specialist at Vanguard in May, with the fund manager ...

Life insurance M&A outlook gloomy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
Despite the flurry of life insurance business sell offs, a new study found global life insurers are overlooking Australia for superior acquisition opportunities elsewhere in the Asia Pacific. Willis Towers Watson's analysis of merger and acquisitions ...

Former Lehman Brothers chief unveils new asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
The creation of a new US asset manager represents former Lehman Brothers chief executive Dick Fuld's most public Wall Street comeback since Lehman's collapse in 2008. Targeting high net worth individuals, family offices and institutions, Matrix Private ...