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Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... optimistic there will be a positive aftermath to what's playing out in Gaza. "People have been writing about events in the Middle East for many years but, rather than taking a pessimistic view, looking at the events in Gaza as being a catalyst for massive ...

New chair for iExtend

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... endowments, family offices, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. In 2017, he retired from The Sentient Group to establish Moss Ridge family office. In joining, Cassidy replaces chair Rodney ...

Volatility an opportunity for skilled active managers: GSFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... of the world's population, in addition to the continuing Russia-Ukraine conflict and escalating tensions in the Middle East. Considering conflating structural and geopolitical risks, Miller questioned the Goldilocks scenario's assumption of a ...

Australian Ethical super chief goes for growth in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... investment market volatility and geopolitical tensions. "The continued conflict in Ukraine and recent issues in the Middle East typically result in a run on energy-type stocks, which often have a sugar hit at times of market volatility," he said. "For ...

Australian Retirement Trust selects chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... he took on in March 2021, following several other senior global roles that saw him work across Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and the US. At the beginning of his tenure with Mercer, Anderson held a raft of roles in Australia before becoming ...

QIC opens new international office

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... evolution, affording us the opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to like-minded capital partners across the Asian and Middle East regions," Rampa said. "These capital partners are sophisticated and active in the Australian private market, where ...

Interest rate hikes are working: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... from many countries' national security standpoint. "[They] don't want to be reliant on importing oil from the Middle East or other countries that requires a whole lot of capital, a whole lot of investment that by its nature is inflationary," ...

How will the Israel-Hamas conflict impact Australia?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... Commonwealth Bank director of mining and energy commodities research Vivek Dhar, said that geopolitical risk in the Middle East mainly triggers volatility in oil prices, which tend to be temporary. "It's not something that remains as a price premium ...

Apostle names global distribution lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
... hired Martin Currie's co-head of global distribution to the newly created role as it pushes further into Asia and Middle East. The fund manager will soon welcome Kimon Kouryialas as director, head of global distribution. The appointment will support ...

HESTA welcomes head of portfolio design

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... over 30 years of investment management experience to the role, having worked at financial institutions across the Middle East, the US, Europe, and Latin America. Most recently, Sandoval served as head of markets, asset classes and portfolio strategy ...