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Crypto fortune hinges on forgotten password

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... approximately $280 million could be lost forever, as its owner struggles to remember his password. Stefan Thomas, a developer based in San Francisco, remains unable to access his Bitcoin wallet. He said the incident is "a painful memory". "I hope others ...

New heatmap shames trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
The same underperforming and costly MySuper products APRA named and shamed last year have failed members again in the latest iteration of the heatmaps. APRA is taking action on 10 MySuper products overseen by eight trustees. It will issue notices for ...

QIC hires investment director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... Associates to add an investment director to its global private capital team. Inigo Garcia Gordobil will be based in QIC's San Francisco office and focus on the North American market including co-investments. He reports to principal Matt Diestel. ...

Tourmaline hires two leads, expands footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
Tourmaline Partners has hired two new managing directors, one is based in Sydney and the other will lead its newly established Dallas office. The trading solutions firm for asset managers and hedge funds named Yuki Shimada as director of Asia Pacific ...

Macquarie acquires US wealth manager

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Macquarie Asset Management has entered into an agreement to acquire US-based asset and wealth manager Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc with further plans to offload part of the business to an advisory firm. The transaction values Waddell & Reed Financial ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Team Australia has done it! There are still some naysayers but using the internationally-accepted and widely-used measure of a recession - two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth - Australia is technically out of it. The Australian Bureau of ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Australian oil and gas company Santos' carbon reduction plan has been heavily criticised, with critics pointing out many super funds invested in the company have made declarations on climate change that don't match their actions. According to ...

New internal audit guide for finance sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
A new best-practice guide for the boards and internal auditors of superannuation funds, banks and financial service providers has been released. The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has released The Better Practice Guide, which was developed with ...

BlackRock to buy equity index firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... custom portfolios for ultra-high-net-worth investors. It has US$36 billion in assets under management and is a subsidiary of San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital. The transaction is a boon for BlackRock's separately managed accounts business, which ...

Jarden hires from UBS, HSBC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
Kiwi investment bank Jarden is continuing its rapid Australian expansion with the announcement of five new appointments. Anderson Chow was appointed head of industrials research, joining Jarden from HSBC where he was based in Hong Kong for a decade ...