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Partners Wealth appoints private wealth lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... management and family offices. He will oversee the group's wholesale investment arm, working with investment banks, institutions, and family offices. Most recently, Lally was investment director at Hume Partners, a bespoke investment house backed by ...

CountPlus names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... Humphrey will bring with him extensive experience in financial advice, having held senior roles at some of the largest institutions. Prior to NAB, Humphrey was executive general manager, wealth management at Commonwealth Bank and, prior to that, oversaw ...

Tesla axed from the S&P 500 ESG index

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... the dollar value of risk/return. "Individual investors - who entrust their money to ESG funds of large investment institutions - are perhaps unaware that their money can be used to buy shares of companies that make climate change worse, not better," ...

Schroders private wealth sales lead in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
... private equity, infrastructure, and credit and on behalf of high-net-worth individuals, super funds and other large institutions. At HMC, Boyd will be focused on growing the group's retail distribution capability. He will join in June. HMC has made several ...

ANZ stablecoin amplifies changing operating models

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... currency)." ANZ banking services lead Nigel Dobson described Defi as a new world and traditional banks as old-world TradeFi institutions, but he said those aren't necessarily mutually exclusive elements. Dobson then explained some of the bank's ...

Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... and coal prices will increase by 80% this year. The World Bank's vice president for equitable growth, finance and institutions Indermit Gill said we are experiencing the largest shock since the 1970s and stagflation is likely. "Policymakers should take ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... research firm has found. Analysis of 752 equity mandates by Inalytics, including several managed on behalf of Australian institutions, found 88% of portfolios generated positive alpha from research or stock picking. The analysis also shows that research ...

BT Funds Management fined $20m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... deductions being banned. "As the Court finalises these matters against Westpac, we urge Westpac, and other financial institutions, to look at their culture of compliance and invest in systems that mean incorrect charging of fees, premiums and commissions ...

APRA champions flexible financial technology regulation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... translate to limiting change with a view to preserving the status quo." "Nor does it mean protecting incumbent financial institutions, when better, safer and more efficient ways of doing business emerge. "If technology can deliver a financial system ...

New head of markets, securities services at HSBC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... last year. O'Brien is also a promotion from within HSBC. She joined the bank in 2018 as head of the financial institutions group in Australia and New Zealand. HSBC Australia chief executive Kaber Mclean congratulated both on their new positions within ...