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Economic recap: Week to December 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... the dying days of 2020. All looked swell... until the coronavirus variant that was first spotted in the UK and in South Africa. "It's reportedly less deadly but more infectious and has already triggered renewed lockdowns in Europe and Asia and the ...

Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... comes a new kid in town. And it's name is Omicron. The discovery of this coronavirus variant - first detected in South Africa - pushed back financial markets' interest rate hike expectations that were brought forward only a few days before. Consider ...

Two senior leaders exit Iress

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... currently recruiting for a new chief client solutions officer. Head of communications and of marketing for APAC and South Africa Kelly Fisk will act in the role of chief communications and marketing officer until a permanent appointment is made. Commenting ...

New mining head at Goldman Sachs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... the firm's Melbourne office. He has been with Goldman Sachs since 2009, when he joined its Johannesburg office in South Africa. Friedland started as an investment banking analyst covering metals and mining and has consistently focussed on the sector ...

APAC pension funds fastest growing: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... Canada, Chile, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, UK and US.

Frontier welcomes family office specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... services to ultra-high-net-worths and family offices. Prior, she served as chief executive and chief investment officer of South African-based Retief Family Office - Huguenot Investments for close to 10 years. Giggins also has several years' experience ...

Metrics adds three investment directors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... loan portfolio, as the latter looked to exit the Australian market after 23 years to focus on United Kingdom and South Africa. The acquired portfolio included leveraged finance and fund finance loans to corporates and funds across business services ...

Research reveals factors influencing advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... recommendations "were closer to totally random than totally consistent". The study, conducted in partnership with South Africa's professional body The Financial Planning Institute and South African firm Momentum Investments, suggests variations are also ...

First Sentier adds director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... integration projects and transformation initiatives. Prior to that, she worked as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs in South Africa, France and the UK. In appointing Rouge, Ma said there are growing opportunities for investments in water and water ...

Pandemic boosts financial sector's engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... ability to lead and communicate and so forth. Employees from India, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, South Africa and Mexico are the most resilient workers, recording a score of 17% and above. Australia scored 12% in terms of workplace ...