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Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
No more tears, fears... and hopefully snap lockdowns. Today, 22 February 2021, will go down in Australian history as VAC (vaccine against covid-19) Day (although Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly and 84-year-old ...

CFA unveils December exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
Less than half of the candidates who sat the first stage of the rigorous CFA exam have passed, global results from the institute shows. The CFA Institute announced 12,806 of the 26,212 or 49% of Level I candidates passed their examination in the December ...

To merge or not to merge?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
The question around whether being bigger is better was one of the key points of discussion at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference, with MTAA and Aware Super talking mergers. MTAA Super chief Leeanne Turner said that whilst ...

Macquarie makes telecoms bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has made a non-binding indicative proposal to acquire 100% of Vocus Group. Vocus confirmed MIRA had made an offer to acquire the company for $5.50 per share. The offer is an increase on Vocus' previous ...

Iron Man launches VC funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
Actor Robert Downey Jr has launched two venture capital funds that invest in technological solutions that tackle environmental challenges. FootPrint Coalition Ventures comprises two funds - an early-stage Series A and late-stage Series B - led by Downey ...

AMP Bank boss exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
The managing director of AMP Bank has left after a little over one year in the role. Rod Finch, who was appointed to the post in November 2019 shortly after AMP chief Francesco De Ferrari stepped in, has accepted a role as transformation director at ...

New year, new chief for Aviva Investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
Aviva Investors has named a new global chief to replace Euan Munro with immediate effect. Aviva announced the appointment of Mark Versey as chief executive of Aviva Investors, saying it is an important step in the delivery of the group's new strategy. ...

Firetrail dips toes in global equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Firetrail Investments wants to build a global equities team, after gathering over $5 billion in its Aussie equities strategies in under three years, Financial Standard understands. The boutique was launched by Macquarie Investment Management's long/short ...

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 ...

New fund to invest in AI companies

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
A Melbourne boutique has launched a thematic fund that invests in businesses delivering artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. NextGen Funds Management's AI Technology Fund will invest in debt or equity in AI businesses in startup to pre-IPO life stages. ...