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Goldman chief faces backlash over DJ set

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
The chief executive of Goldman Sachs has copped criticism after he performed a DJ set to a crowd of over 2000 people in the Hamptons, as cases of COVID-19 in the US near 4.3 million. David Solomon, or DJ D-Sol, opened for electronic duo The Chainsmokers ...

Cbus appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Cbus has named its new chief executive, hiring a former VFMC chief executive to fill the role. Justin Arter will take over as chief executive of the $50 billion fund in late August, replacing David Atkins. Arter is currently working as a consultant ...

Giselle Roux joins Melbourne boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
The former chief investment officer of Escala Partners and JBWere has joined a Melbourne boutique in an investment advisory role. Roux left Escala in August 2019 after six years with the firm, following US-based Focus Financial Partners taking a stake ...

Westpac nabs Deutsche Bank executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
Westpac has named a new head of institutional banking, hiring from the executive team of Deutsche Bank Australia and New Zealand. Anthony Miller has been appointed chief executive of Westpac Institutional Bank, moving from his current position as chief ...

ETP market winners revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... billion. Australian equities ETPs were the winners from the June quarter in terms of asset growth, with a 26% increase in FUM. Gold surged during the period, and as investors wanted in on the action flows to commodities ETPs increased by 200%. During ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Invesco's annual survey of 139 sovereign investors found they are increasing allocation to gold, and plan on adding fixed income and infrastructure in the 12 months ahead. The annual report, now in its eighth year, found sovereign investors entered ...

Kapstream restructures investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
Kapstream Capital has made its head of credit redundant as it aims for a flatter team structure, while also hiring a new credit-focussed portfolio manager. Raymond Lee, who spent nearly a decade at Kapstream and previously managed money for Lachlan ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
"As the economy reopens, incoming data are beginning to reflect a resumption of economic activity: Many businesses are opening their doors, hiring is picking up, and spending is increasing. Employment moved higher, and consumer spending rebounded strongly ...

Chief economist update: Good as gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... by 48.7% to a 17-year low of 228.24 points in April from this year's high of 444.63 points recorded in February. Even gold fell by 11.3% between February and March before re-asserting its safe-have quality and rallying by 18.6% to date. In comparison ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... doing business here and of public indemnity insurance.. "Mr De Ferrari runs an organisation that somehow managed to claim a gold medal for disgrace at the banking Royal Commission in a highly competitive field," Hardwick said. "It's difficult to ...