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Chinese tech giant buys 5% stake in Afterpay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... remain focused on delivering value for our new and existing shareholders over the long term." Tencent chief strategy officer James Mitchell said the tech conglomerate was pleased to invest in the Australian startup. "Afterpay's approach stands out to ...

Property manager bolsters leadership team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... the chief executive and managing director of formerly ASX-listed residential property developer Villa World. Eildon chair James Davies said the appointment would help the group deliver strong shareholder outcomes. "We are delighted to have attracted ...

Financial services boards overpaid: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... Virgin Money UK, AMP, Resmed, Bank of Queensland, Link Group, Star Entertainment Group, Soul Pattinson, Worley Parsons, James Hardie and Challenger." However, Connolly pointed out that listed company non-executive directors are paid just 0.01% of the ...

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... crisis, struggle to pay back their loans. In an article for the Conversation, University of Sydney Professor of macroeconomics James Morley and UNSW Professor of economics Richard Holden argued any effort to relax restrictions, such as those limiting ...

Frontier Advisors makes key appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
Asset consultant Frontier Advisors has announced several new faces will be joining its senior team. Joe Clark and James Bulfin will join Frontier's alternatives and derivatives research team as senior consultants. Clark joins from QIC where he was senior ...

VIC, TAS lead Australia: CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... respectively. Western Australia remains in seventh position, ahead of Northern Territory. CommSec chief economist Craig James said while there has been some movement at the top of the rankings, there is actually little separating the top four economies. ...

Melbourne hedge fund quietly folds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... Management. It won a couple of awards, including the best emerging manager at the Australian Hedge Fund Awards. In February, James Koutsoukos of BRI Ferrier was appointed to liquidate the company. Qato has no secured debts and was solvent at the time ...

Compliance worse than COVID-19

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... how important it is for technology to step up and improve efficiencies for advisers, he said. Lantern Advisory director James Cavanough said that compliance was a bigger challenge to his advisory business than the coronavirus pandemic. "Compliance is ...

Mayfair 101 pushes on

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... their properties, loan-to-valuation ratios, investment term and investment amount," Mayfair 101 group managing director James Mawhinney said. "It's an important strategic move to bring more awareness and support to the region." Mayfair is targeting "qualified" ...

Law firm cuts pay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... of the firm (including its non-executive directors), will face a 15% reduction in their base pay. These directors include James MacKenzie, Mark Dewar, Elana Rubin and Jacqui Walters. Slater and Gordon's chief executive and managing director John Somerville ...