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Directors added to FSC board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
The Financial Services Council is welcoming two new additions to its board, appointing executives from Macquarie Group and Zurich Australia. Joining the board's nine other directors are Macquarie executive director, head of wealth management Sean West ...

HSBC makes alternatives push

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
HSBC Asset Management is launching a single business unit dedicated to alternatives with $69 billion in assets, to be led by its current global chief investment officer. HSBC Asset Management announced it will combine its existing capabilities in the ...

Aussie PE, VC assets hit milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
Australian private equity and venture capital firms' assets reached a record high of $18.4 billion (US$14bn), according to new research. The Alternative Assets in Asia-Pacific report compiled by Preqin saw a 20% jump in the total capital raised ...

AAT dismisses adviser ban appeal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
A former RI Advice Group financial adviser's appeal to overturn his permanent banning order has been dismissed by the appeals tribunal. Robert Hutchison was permanently banned from the industry in 2017 after an ASIC investigation found that he funneled ...

Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
The Fed has spoken and Wall Street didn't like what it heard and saw (in the dot plots). US equities painted the board red, with all benchmark indices closing on the down low, while yields on 10-year US Treasuries went on the up and up. This is ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
Researchers from the University of New South Wales have issued an alarming report on the state of the Australian housing market, referring to it as a "beast" that is "rampaging through the economy". The researchers are calling for a Royal Commission ...

Chief economist update: How do you solve a problem like Australia's housing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
Tell us something we, Australians all, don't already know. Those who have (at least one) are salivating, wringing their hands and thanking their lucky stars. Those who don't are still pounding the pavement - winter, spring, summer and autumn ...

JANA hires from Mercer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
The $850 billion asset consultant has appointed a co-head of the not-for-profit client sector as demand grows, nabbing Mercer's Pacific client segment leader for endowments and foundations. Michael Maher joined Mercer in 2007 as an associate before ...

HESTA managers improve on gender diversity

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
According to HESTA, diversity at its external managers shows women's representation improved in the last two years but remains a long way from parity. HESTA surveyed 70 of its external managers in December 2017 and then again in December 2019 before ...

FPA to manage $1.5m scholarship mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
The federal minister for women has awarded the Financial Planning Association of Australia a mandate to deliver $1.5 million worth of scholarships. The scholarships, which are part of the Women's Leadership and Development Program, aim to assist more ...