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abrdn's Jollie outlines next steps

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... assessing his options. "The next step for me starts with taking a break! I'm off skiing in a few weeks, then off to Africa for three weeks," he said. With no plans to leave the industry, after 14 years as head of abrdn, he is looking for a different ...

FinClear partners with trading platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... offerings at low cost," Talevski said. Webull offers its brokerage services to those in the US, Singapore, Australia, South Africa, and Japan.

HNW population sees biggest decline in decade

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... North America recorded the sharpest decline at -7.4%, followed by Europe (-3.2%) and Asia Pacific (-2.7%). In contrast, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East showed resilience by registering financial growth, largely due to strong performances in ...

Ariel Investments launches EM portfolios in Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... firm said. Ariel Investments senior vice president institutional marketing head of Asia Pacific and Middle East, North Africa Ian Webber explained the global asset manager is excited to bring the offerings to market in Australia. "The launch of these ...

Investec Property Fund, Irongate Australia in new JV

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
The South African property giant has announced a 50/50 joint-venture with Irongate Australia, leading to a buyout of the latter's funds management operations from Charter Hall. The agreement includes the Irongate Australia Fund Management team ...

UHNWs wealth in decline: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... Europe saw the largest decline in wealth with a drop of 17%, followed by Australasia with 11% and the Americas by 10%. Africa and Asia saw the smallest declines with 5% and 7%, respectively. When it came to portfolio allocations, a third of total UHNWI ...

ART appoints new board, investment committee members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... for Queensland in the UK and Northern Island Trade and investment commissioner for Queensland in Europe and Sub-Sahara Africa Linda Apelt has been appointed as a director of the ART board. Apelt is currently chair of Opera Queensland and a member of ...

The traditional CFO is no more: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... organisations with over 1000 employees and an annual revenue of at least $50 million across the US, UK, Australia and South Africa, and at least $5 million in Canada. It discovered that over the last 12 months, Australian chief financial officers have ...

Aussie equities withstand test of time: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... local currency real terms, Australia currently ranks as the second-best performing equity market globally, behind South Africa. "Australia also has a significant government and corporate bond market and is home to the largest financial futures and options ...

Unlicensed investor pleads guilty to fraud charges

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... commodities like oil, coffee, corn, or gold. One investor provided $449,000 to invest in the transacting of gold sourced from Africa. Kamkolkar promised that the investor would receive $300,000 every quarter for 12 months and that his funds were capital ...