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Fidelity hires from Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
Fidelity International has bolstered its institutional capability, hiring Mercer's head of Australian equities research. Mark Vrkic has been appointed as director, institutional business, based in Sydney for Fidelity International. He joins from Mercer ...

CBA Group Super overhauls service providers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
The contracts for administration, custody and financial advice services at Commonwealth Bank Group Superannuation will soon be handed over to new providers, ending some long-standing relationships. A spokesperson for the super fund confirmed to Financial ...

EG Funds purchases popular CBD venues

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
EG Funds (EG) has acquired two fully leased retail assets in Melbourne and Brisbane on behalf of its private wealth division. The latest of the two, the Anglers Tavern, at 2 Raleigh Rd, Maribyrnong VIC, was purchased for $23.33 million and is located ...

Residential property demand to weaken

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Demand for residential property is expected to cool down this year despite the number of auction figures recorded in the final quarter of 2021. With stock levels running low and the potential for interest rates to rise, BuyersBuyers co-founder Pete ...

Crescent Group appoints head of risk

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Sydney-based Crescent Group has today announced the appointment of risk management professional Saira Cader as head of risk and compliance. Cader has more than 15 years' financial services experience, including leading credit teams at Pepper Group ...

Former Spaceship chief executive banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
The former chief executive of Spaceship has been banned from providing financial services after ASIC found he had an employee complete AICD assessments on his behalf. The investigation found Paul Kevin Bennetts, who led both Spaceship's managed ...

Federal Reserve mulls central bank digital currency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
The US Federal Reserve Board is examining the pros and cons of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as it considers whether the creation of one would improve the domestic payments system. Considering the current state of the US domestic payments system ...

Inflation to retreat in 2022: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
Investors should not fear high levels of inflation as it will diminish by the end of 2022, one fund manager predicts. T. Rowe Price portfolio specialist Laurence Taylor forecasts that inflation will peak but will also fade in the same year. The combination ...

Advice firm rebrands, scores own AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... successfully registered during the period. Addi House principal and financial adviser Kearsten James and Pivot Wealth founder Ben Nash are some examples who drove the trend in 2021. "Being able to reassure clients that I am unconflicted is important ...

Macquarie AM reveals outlook for 2022

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... year. "Through these unpredictable times, we remain 'stubbornly optimistic'," Macquarie Asset Management group head Ben Way said. "For 2022, we believe it will be a year where global growth is again strong, although there is likely to be some ...