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FAAA names inaugural awards finalists

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... Deakin University students Rojen Legaspi and Jacob Eliopoulos. FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said the awards shine a light on the positive contributions that financial advisers make to their clients' wellbeing and security through quality financial ...

Navigator Global appoints chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
Navigator Global Investments (NGI) has named Stephen Darke as its new chief executive, based in Australia, following the departure of Sean McGould. Darke will step into the role at the end of the month and take up a seat on NGI's board as an executive ...

Private credit boom sweeps Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... asset-based finance. "We expect increasingly attractive opportunities across private markets over time, particularly in light of the changing banking landscape," the note read. Tighter regulation requires banks to have more capital and hold more liquidity ...

How will the Israel-Hamas conflict impact Australia?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... hours, equity markets have rallied, the Aussie dollar has increased," he said. "The market has not seen it in a very negative light; it's trying to process what it all means, but it certainly hasn't priced in a huge amount of negativity in terms ...

Hostplus member experience lead to exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Hostplus member experience lead Paul Watson has announced his resignation after 12 years with the fund. Watson joined Hostplus in 2011 as executive manager, member and consumer choice. He's held several group executive roles since, before taking ...

ECB raises rates to record high of 4%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... particular, the governing council's interest rate decisions will be based on its assessment of the inflation outlook in light of the incoming economic and financial data, the dynamics of underlying inflation, and the strength of monetary policy transmission." ...

Causeway PM, H&G form joint venture

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... opportunities or navigate challenging illiquid capital markets, due to their size, industry, cashflow profile, or asset-light nature. Causeway said the launch is part of its growth strategy and explained the fund will engage in direct lending as well ...

APRA finds signs of step change in remuneration practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... through detailed assessments and meetings with board remuneration committee (RemCo) Chairs. The second phase was a more "light-touch" survey of remaining SFIs. In their evaluations, entities were asked to rate the magnitude of changes needed to fully ...

Super funds taking on the climate crisis

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... their investments. In a similar vein, Australian Retirement Trust (ART) head of sustainable investments Nicole Bradford shed light on the importance of aligning superannuation strategies with the expectations of beneficiaries and members. ART recently ...

Perpetual restructures asset management leadership, regional chiefs exit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... simplified Perpetual Group leadership structure focused on driving future growth across all our businesses," Adams said. In light of these organisational changes, Perpetual confirmed that the regional chief executives for Europe and the UK, as well as ...