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Atlas Advisors makes wild investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... in an animal-friendly and environmentally sustainable way. "These organisations also contribute to building resilient regional economies which generate employment and innovative new experiences and products." Hedley added this may not be the only wild ...

Hong Kong financial hub status at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... threat to Hong Kong autonomy. In addition to being an international hub, Hong Kong is known as a being an Australian regional base in Asia. AusTrade figures show Hong Kong is home to approximately 100,000 Australians and has over 600 Australian businesses ...

COVID-19 recovery plans must heed climate science

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... or Climate Change Authority to guide Australia to net zero, while taking into account the livelihoods of Australia's regional communities and economies that will be affected by the transition. "We will need to harness the technologies that exist today ...

Law firm bolsters financial services team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... retail banking distribution channels. Carolyn Pugsley, Herbert Smith Freehills' managing partner for corporate and the regional head of practice for corporate in Australia, said: "In an environment in which our clients are looking for advisors that bring ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... things away because you have more buyers," Tynan said. "The people that are really going to struggle, are poor, old, regional and rural Australia." Perhaps surprisingly, Perth and Tasmania have emerged as hotspots for those looking to pick up or sell ...

Challenger hires retail distribution lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... at AMP. In all, Cheetham spent more than 10 years at AMP, having also served as head of sales for NSW/ACT and in other regional and state distribution roles. Confirming Cheetham's departure, a spokesperson for AMP said a replacement for the lead wealth ...

Colonial First State closes global fund

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... materials contributed to returns, whereas financials and utilities detracted the most significantly," Acadian said. "At the regional level, Japan was the strongest contributor to returns whereas North America brought the most significant negative payoffs. ...

Advice chief leaves industry fund giant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... departure comes amid several other changes to the fund's leadership. In the interim, the fund has appointed advice regional manager Graham Eggins as acting chief of financial advice. Eggins joins the fund's executive leadership alongside fellow ...

ESG performing positively: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... index in Q1 2020, with the SRI index showing the strongest performance over all periods. The research found a number of regional and sub-regional ESG indexes outperformed their market-cap-weighted parent index during Q1 2020 though some approaches underperformed ...

University of Sydney scores win at CFA competition

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... perseverance, all of which will serve them throughout their lives and careers." In addition to the global champions, four other regional champions were announced for the challenge, including Seton Hall University (United States), Universidade de Sao ...