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Insto investors tempted by crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
A new study shows close to 80% of institutional investors and wealth managers are now looking favourably upon cryptocurrencies, citing strong capital growth and diversification benefits. Commissioned by digital assets hedge fund manager Nickel Digital ...

Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Life insurers will take on more risks and shun safe-haven assets in a bid to bump up returns in 2022. Australian life insurers are tipped to shed their conservative nature this year amid a tough macroeconomic environment, according to bfinance. Many ...

JANA hires legal expert from industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Investment consulting firm JANA appointed a legal expert to lead its risk and compliance division. Lindy Hunt was hired as head of legal, risk and compliance last December, joining from Club Plus Super where she spent the last seven years of her career. ...

Record inflows for HUB24

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
HUB24 has reported record platform inflows for the December quarter of the financial year. HUB24 saw platform net inflows of $3.6 billion during the quarter, including $349 million transitioned from externally administered legacy IOOF private labels ...

New head of retail funds management at Cromwell

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
ASX-listed real estate fund manager Cromwell Property Group has appointed an industry veteran to the head of retail funds management position. Peta Tilse joins the company with 25 years of experience. Tilse is the founder of a regulatory technology ...

Barclays appoints managing directors

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Barclays has appointed two new managing directors of investment banking in Australia. Duncan Beattie and Duncan Connellan have been named in the roles. Beattie will lead the overall delivery of international capital markets financing for clients in ...

Investors dig deeper for alternative assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
The hunt for yield has prompted investors to turn to new asset classes within the alternatives sector, according to Preqin. Disappointing returns from traditional assets such as office, retail and industrial have also forced investors to look to other ...

Citi adds to APAC leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Stella Choe has been named as the new head of Citi's Global Subsidiaries Group (GSG) for Asia Pacific. Choe will replace Munir Nanji, who has taken a new role as head of the Central Europe Cluster and Citi country officer for Czech Republic. Choe will ...

Credit Suisse chair resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Credit Suisse's chair has resigned less than a year into the role amid reports he breached several COVID-19 quarantine rules. The Swiss bank announced overnight that Axel P. Lehmann has taken over as chair effective immediately, following an investigation ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Another two covid years over, a new one's just begun. Although still not proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, since the first bat flapped its covid wings in Wuhan (China), it has gone through several mutations - most notably, Alpha, Delta and now Omicron ...