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TIP Group appoints chief strategy officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... research, and management consulting. Previously, Swift was part of the UN's leadership team for the mission on Ebola in West Africa. She also spent a decade with the Boston Consulting Group in the US and Australia, leading a regional US integrated health ...

Federal Reserve delivers 0.75bp rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
The US Federal Reserve raised its policy interest rate by 0.75 basis points to 2.5% and indicated further increases will likely be appropriate. Explaining the decision, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said: "From the standpoint of our congressional ...

Crypto lures executives despite ongoing uncertainty

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... Zhao met with leaders in Senegal and Ivory Coast as part of Zhao's initiative to champion the adoption of crypto in Africa. She said that the continent is primed for crypto adoption, with not more than 20% of the population banked. The report added ...

Foord Asset Management enters Australia, mandates EQT

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
... has $10 billion under assets and operates in the UK, Luxembourg, and Singapore. It was launched in 1981 by Foord in South Africa. Foord Asset Management Singapore's chief executive Agnes Cai shared her comments on the partnership. "At Foord, investment ...

Pandemic created a new billionaire every 30 hours: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... bottom 40% of the world's population, while the richest 20 billionaires are worth more than the entire GDP of Sub-Saharan Africa. Today there is 2668 billionaires in the world, 573 more than in 2020, and together they have $12.7 trillion. A worker in ...

Citi welcomes eight new hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... Research analyst Howard Penny has joined Citi's real estate team from Anchor Capital where he was a portfolio manager in South Africa. He brings extensive experience spanning the primary and secondary markets with roles at Morgan Stanley and Macquarie ...

Yarra Capital Management hunts distribution lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... to London for the role, Bluzmanis is responsible for advancing Nikko's strategy across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Bluzmanis first joined Nikko in 2015 as managing director and head of distribution. When Nikko's Australian business was ...

AIA appoints risk, transformation roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... head of group internal audit. Prior to AIA, Schipper was an audit partner in Deloitte's offices in China and South Africa. Mike Thornton vacated the role of chief risk officer, which he held since 2016, to become AIA's chief transformation officer ...

More UHNWIs than ever: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... 9.3% in 2021, with an additional 52,000 people entering the fold. North America saw the largest increase with 12.2% while Africa saw the only decline in wealth. Based on the data, Knight Frank expects the number of UHNWIs around the world to grow a further ...

Pinnacle executive joins Plato LIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... where he built an asset management business by partnering with 10 independent boutique asset management businesses in South Africa. Meyer was also previously the founder and chief executive of RMB Morgan Stanley, leading the company to be the number ...