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Capgemini appoints new Australian head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
Capgemini has promoted its regional chief operating officer to lead its Australian and New Zealand business after the incumbent resigned from the position. Olaf Pietschner starts as Capgemini's head of Australia and New Zealand today. The digital consulting ...

Aussie funds can benefit from FTA with EU: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
The Financial Services Council supports negotiations between Australia and the Council of the European Union to flesh out a free trade agreement. The FTA will widen the door for Australian funds to access Europe's sophisticated funds management ...

QIC expands executive team, bolsters US footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
QIC has made several executive appointments locally and overseas in an effort to expand its US footprint and client base. Brian Delaney, who was executive director of strategy, clients and global markets, stepped into the newly created role of senior ...

Outsourcing driving advice client engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
Financial advice practices that outsource certain back-office functions save up to 60% in operational costs and are dedicating more time to clients. This is according to Virtual Business Partners (VBR) chief executive David Carney, who said advice firms ...

Chief economist update: Just a hiccup in a rising trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Consumers may not be good at predicting Wall Street's direction but they sure do impact overall economic growth. While renewed market volatility continue to put Wall Street to task, Main Street is taking the goings-on in America - fiscal and monetary ...

Top industry fund bets on DNA sequencing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Hostplus has joined global investment giants backing a UK-based DNA sequencer, placing $27.5 million in the technology company behind the product. Oxford Nanopore Technologies says it makes the world's only handheld DNA/RNA sequencing devices. Other ...

YBR appoints new general manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
A new general manager will join Yellow Brick Road in April. Glenn Gibson joins YBR having previously been head of sales and marketing at AMP. Before that, he was national sales manager, third-party distribution at AMP Bank, national sales manager at ...

Aussie asset manager dives into Spanish water market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
One of Australia's largest infrastructure investors has splashed $1.63 billion for a 49% stake in a Spanish water management company. IFM Investors entered an agreement with Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas S.A. (FCC) to purchase 49% of its subsidiary ...

Acadian appoints investments head from SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Acadian Asset Management has appointed a new head of investments for Australia. Jean-Christophe de Beaulieu joins Acadian's Sydney office from State Street Global Advisors in Boston, where he was managing director and senior portfolio manager for the ...

Latest investment scam targets Jersey residents

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Locals on the island of Jersey are being warned against a company claiming to be an Australian investment firm offering unauthorised financial services. The Jersey Financial Services Commission issued a warning regarding Focus on Market, an organisation ...