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Lazard chief steps down after 15 years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Lazard Asset Management's Australian chief executive and managing director has stepped down after 15 years at the company. Susan Roberts joined Lazard in 2001 as head of sales and relationship management, a role she held for five years. After that she ...

Market Vectors ETFs to rebrand

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... VanEck Vectors ETFs as part of a global initiative to bring all businesses and investments under the single VanEck parent company brand. VanEck Australia managing director Arian Neiron said the rebrand will take place as of 1 May 2016. "The change is ...

Perpetual promotes executive to analyst role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... financial companies. Perpetual head of equities, Paul Skamvougeras said Phillips' appointment to this role highlighted the company's commitment to developing staff and promoting from within the organisation. "This appointment further demonstrates the ...

HESTA reduces equities carbon footprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... "that considers carbon reserves and potential stranded assets in addition to the commonly considered carbon footprint of a company." In developing the strategy, research included analysing four effective decarbonisation strategies and providing a framework ...

CPA granted AFSL

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... Australia Advice. The granting of the licences is an important step in the establishment of the new financial services company which was announced in June last year. The firm aims to be in operation by 1 July 2016. CPA Australia Advice will aim to provide ...

Ibbotson adopts Morningstar brand

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Ibbotson Associates Australia has announced it will rebrand under its parent company. From July 1, Ibbotson will be renamed Morningstar Investment Management Australia, a move that Ibbotson managing director Chris Galloway said is a "further step in ...

Largest five banks all Asian

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... assets of US$2.590 trillion. London-based HSBC Holdings fell to sixth place from number four in the previous ranking; the company's total assets dropped to US$2.41 trillion from US$2.67 trillion. In the previous ranking, HSBC was the only bank in the ...

Aussie agtech the focus for US fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... Capital has been appointed as the placement agent for the fundraising. To date the fund has invested in plant science company ZeaKal, personalised nutrition app Shopwell, and CropX - a cloud-based software application that is considered as an advanced ...

Midwinter partners with Licensing for Accountants

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... compliance to advice through providing access to advice templates and software, has joined forces with financial software company Midwinter to make the advice process easier. The customised AdviceOS offers will be added to the suite of licensing solutions ...

Africa to become major alpha source

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... urban regions, accompanied by higher per capita income. As an example, Kotecha cited French multinational food products company Danone, which saw sales figures in Africa rise by 600% in 2014 compared to 2008. "A lot of incremental growth is coming from ...