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J.P. Morgan appoints new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
J.P. Morgan's local chief executive Rob Priestley has stepped down after 15 years in the top spot. Head of global investment banking Paul Uren will replace Priestley as chief executive for J.P. Morgan Australia and New Zealand. Priestley joined the ...

Board changes at Sandon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Boutique investment manager Sandon Capital Investments added a new member to its board. The value investor replaced non-executive director Paul Jensen with lawyer Peter Velez. Velez has 28 years' experience in corporate law specialising in equity capital ...

Pension fund eyes Fairfax Media

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
A Canadian pension fund has made a play at acquiring selected Fairfax Media assets, joining forces with private equity firm TPG as part of an investment consortium. Fairfax confirmed today that the board of the $175 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension ...

ANZ and ETFS cut ties

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
ANZ ETFS is no more as the rapidly-downsizing bank decided to end its joint venture with ETF Securities, creating a separate business in the process. ANZ ETFS has been rebranded ETF Securities Australia, and eight exchange-traded products originally ...

MainstreamBPO chief steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
A new chief executive for MainstreamBPO was named yesterday after longstanding chief executive and co-founder Byram Johnston stepped down effective immediately. Johnston indicated his desire to move away from the day-to-day management of the company. ...

Legalsuper awards global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Legalsuper, the $3.1 billion super fund for Australia's legal community, awarded a global equities mandate to a boutique firm in Florida. GQG Partners was launched in June 2016 as a subsidiary of Pacific Current Group, and manages $4.5 billion in assets ...

Housing crisis takes emotional toll on Gen X

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Sixty-eight per cent of Gen Xers worry they will be locked out of the property market and for many the prospect is taking an emotional toll, the latest ME Bank study shows. The findings, which come from a study of 1000 "wannabe home owners", shows many ...

Australian Unity property trust suspends units

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Australian Unity's Healthcare Property Trust has suspended wholesale and Class A units and will not accept new investor applications until further notice. The trust, which was established in 1999, invests in healthcare property assets, including hospitals ...

Financial Standard wins prestigious award

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Financial Standard journalist Alex Burke has been honoured for a series of feature articles on retirement income, winning an award at the Australian Citi Journalism Awards for Excellence. Burke was judged winner of the Markets and Investment category ...

Perennial Value launches microcap strategy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
Australian equities manager Perennial Value is hoping to take advantage of strong returns from the sub $500 million companies market with the launch of a new microcap strategy. The Perennial Value Microcap Opportunities Trust will invest in a portfolio ...