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Metrics hires three senior leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
Metrics Credit Partners made three senior appointments within its investments and corporate teams as it continues to grow and sharpen its focus on sustainability. Joining in August, Luke Adams is the new group treasurer for finance and fund accounting. ...

EQT Group dumps Iress bid

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... June 9 and a 61.2% increase to the volume weighted average price ($9.87) for the three months to June 9. Iress chair Roger Sharp reiterated to investors that the cessation of discussions with Iress does not impact the company's growth strategy or ...

MSCI launches implied temperature tool

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
MSCI has launched an implied temperature tool, which will assess how companies are aligning with global temperature targets as the effects of climate change are felt. The Implied Temperature Rise solution will provide investors with data to map how ...

APRA intensifies scrutiny of underperformers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
The prudential regulator is cracking down further on the superannuation funds that failed the performance test, chair Wayne Byres warned this morning. Last week, APRA named 13 super funds that failed its inaugural performance test. The House of Representatives ...

New role for Harvey Kalman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... pleased to be joining Arbitrium's team of outstanding individuals, who together combine an enormous depth of experience and a sharp, specialist investing lens," Kalman said. "As chair of the group's credit risk committee, my focus will be on assessing ...

Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... the considerable remaining ground to reach maximum employment," he said. "The rapid reopening of the economy has brought a sharp run-up in inflation. Over the 12 months through July, measures of headline and core personal consumption expenditures inflation ...

AFMA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
The Australian Financial Markets Association appointed a new chief executive who is a former APRA executive. Brett Harper takes the post on October 11. He was most recently spent three years as a director at Promontory Australia, providing consulting ...

Charter Hall profit, inflows rise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... business is built upon partnering with our tenant and investor customers to drive mutually beneficial outcomes with a razor-sharp focus on being customer centric." Further to this, development completions totalled $1.2 billion over the last 12 months. ...

Economic recap: Week to August 13

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... sentiment fell by 4.4% to a reading of 104.1 in August from 108.8 in July. This is the lowest reading in 11 months and a sharp 12.4% decline from the 12-year high of 118.8 recorded in April this year - before the government went "soft hearted" and gave ...

Multiple accounts already in sharp decline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
... research paper from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) shows multiple super accounts are already in sharp decline The paper outlines the fact that ATO data suggests there should be between 17 million and 20 million superannuation ...