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ASX taps Westpac NZ chief risk officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... "McLiesh brings extensive experience as a chief risk officer and risk management leader in listed financial services companies, and has the right skills to drive the continued strengthening and improvement of our risk culture and risk management approach ...

Orbis recruits investment specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Gray philosophy is grounded in contrarian, long-term investing, and a commitment to uncovering the intrinsic value of companies. "We are proud to have delivered value for clients by adhering to this philosophy, not following the herd, and staying disciplined ...

Workplace expert joins Aware Super in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Jones was the general manager of people & workplace experience. The recruit has held senior leadership roles at several companies, including American Express, Deloitte Australia and Unilever. At Deloitte, he led the APAC gender pay equity strategy which ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... along with Universal Store Holdings (ASX: UNI), and platform's HUB24 and Netwealth (ASX: NWL). "It was a year where companies with high-quality business models and strong earnings growth saw their stock prices rewarded with significant re-ratings," ...

AustralianSuper welcomes AI tech competition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... cutting-edge AI models with less advanced and more cost-efficient hardware, DeepSeek challenges the heavy investments US tech companies are pouring into high-cost AI infrastructure." As the market continues to digest the implications of DeepSeek, Talaria ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... courtesy of the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB). Mandatory sustainability reporting for large companies and financial institutions came into force in Australia from 1 January 2025, with the first reports due 30 September 202 ...

Atrium winds up global listed infrastructure fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... team since 2019, comprising Gerald Stack, Ofer Karliner, and Ben McVicar. The fund sought to invest in infrastructure companies trading at discounts to their assessed intrinsic value. It comprises between 20 to 40 companies. For one year, the fund returned ...

Depreciating Aussie dollar could prove opportunistic

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... a result, consensus is still using $0.67- $0.68 to US$1.00 in a lot of their assumptions," Griffin said. He believes companies with offshore operations, such as US tech companies, can capitalise from the stronger US dollar, with the weakened Australian ...

Global dividend strength to continue: Plato

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... senior portfolio manager Daniel Pennell said. "Looking forward, what's very encouraging is our data shows the number of companies that cut to zero remained very low in Q4 at just 5%, while over half (57.1%) of dividend paying companies increased or initiated ...

Tyndall bolsters small cap team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... manager, saying Phillips' skills and passion for investing make him a perfect fit for the firm's growing small companies franchise. Since 31 December 2024, the small caps business has delivered an annual return of 15.41% before fees since its ...