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Startup success hinges on founder personality: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. What distinguished the "successful entrepreneurs" included their preference for variety, novelty and starting new things; openness to adventure; being the centre of attention or lower levels of modesty; and ...

Equip Super welcomes new chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... employer directors. Cameron brings over 20 years' experience in financial services to the role, having worked in a variety of leadership roles at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), St. George Bank, the New South Wales Treasury, the Australian ...

Allianz Retire+ welcomes head of technical services

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... its new head of technical services. Marquet brings over 20 years' experience in financial services, having worked in a variety of roles across product development, regulatory change, operations, and sales functions at institutions including AMP, BT Financial ...

EQT launches new wholesale fund down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... individual investors have historically faced large barriers to entry when looking to invest into private markets due to a variety of factors such as high investment minimums, complex liquidity arrangements, and longer lockups. "EQT Nexus seeks to address ...

Colonial First State appoints inaugural chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... capable executive with a proven track record that has seen him deliver impressive customer and business outcomes in a variety of settings," Coombe said. "I know that Clive will make a significant contribution to CFS and ensure we deliver on our ambitious ...

VanEck to launch three fixed income ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... VanEck chief executive Arian Neiron said: "This is a first of a kind ETF product suite in Australia which comprises a variety of Australian government bonds at varying maturity levels." "Our offering of Australian government bonds comes to market at ...

Older Aussies are retirement illiterate: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... pensioners' assets rather than the amounts they drawdown," he said. Aged care also weighs heavily on retirees' minds for a variety of reasons, ranging from human vulnerability to the incidence of dementia and the possibility of family disputes. "Whilst ...

CalPERS investment chief tenders resignation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... interim chief investment officer while the fund undertakes a global search for a permanent replacement. Bienvenue has held a variety of roles at CalPERS since joining in 2004, prior to which he worked at Barclays Global Investors overseeing a $55 billion ...

Foresters Financial launches tax-effective education bond

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
... grandparents, relatives, and friends. Foresters chief executive Emma Sakellaris said: "A key aspect of education bonds is the variety of ways it can be used and the flexibility it provides, including tax benefits, estate planning and generational transfer ...

Insignia offloads investment bonds unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... 180,000 and estimated funds under management of more than $3.2 billion". "People use investment bonds to prepare for a variety of key life events, such as education, housing, health and aged care, and estate planning and we look forward to working with ...