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BNP Paribas names chief for Australia, NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
... foot in Australia in 1881 when it opened branches in Sydney and Melbourne to support the import of Australian wool to the French textile industry.

Family offices favour real estate: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
... real estate investment managers. Familyofficehub lists Grok Ventures as one of the largest family offices alongside the French family office Téthys Invest, Belgium's Verlinvest, the Segal family's Prairie Management Group from the US, and Singapore's ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... tensions with China could escalate," Oliver said. "Political uncertainty will likely be high in Europe with issues around the French budget and another potential election and a German election in the first half; and the Australian election is due by ...

BlackRock makes US$12bn acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... for clients while bolstering BlackRock's $3 trillion public fixed income business, it said. Kapnick, along with HPS' Scot French and Michael Patterson, will lead the new division to develop a financing solution for alternative asset managers utilising ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... to fruition. All in all, Quiggin said AUKUS "is a big mistake". "We could have got the same military benefits from the French deal much cheaper, but almost certainly, there's very little evidence that spending a lot of money on submarines is essential ...

Brookfield bids for majority stake in Neoen

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
Brookfield and its institutional partners have lobbed a bid to acquire a 53% majority stake in French renewable energy company Neoen from current owners, including Impala, the investment vehicle of French entrepreneur Jacques Veyrat and his family ...

Price dislocations pave way for active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... company and where the economic growth of the company is really coming from," she said. One example she used is LVMH, the French luxurious brand company listed in Europe the generates more than 60% of its revenue outside of Europe. Some investors argued ...

Luxury fashion house sued over Birkin bag sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... action which alleges it only allows customers with "sufficient purchase history" to buy the infamous Birkin handbags. The French luxury fashion house is being sued in California in a case that claims sales associated are pushing customers to buy other ...

Global fund managers welcome chief executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... has become the new global chief executive of Natixis, succeeding Tim Ryan who wishes to pursue a career outside of the French firm. Setbon brings over 30 years of experience in financial services to the role and has spent the last four years as chief ...

Menopause: The silent economic crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... menopause, or at least its symptoms, came from Aristotle in the fourth century BC, however it wasn't until 1831 that a French physician coined the term. If you think about how long this took, it's not difficult to understand why it's also ...