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EY Australia chief steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... EY's Australia chief executive and Oceania regional managing partner has resigned after over 34 years with the firm. Tony Johnson joined EY in 1987 and was made partner just over a decade later. Following this, Johnson was promoted to managing partner ...

HESTA awards tech mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... to enhance risk management and asset allocation decisions. SimCorp senior vice president and managing director Oliver Johnson said he has seen many asset-owners in Australia move to internal investment management. "Having supported some of the world's ...

Franklin Templeton promotes executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... investment teams will remain autonomous." Dover and Murphy will begin their new roles on 1 February 2021, reporting to Jenny Johnson, the group's president and chief executive. "In this time of significant uncertainty, we are uniquely positioned ...

Chief economist update: COVID with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 30 December 2020 has dried, Britain's already battling a fresh outbreak of coronavirus infections. The third wave ...

Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... the UK and the EU agreed to kick the can further and closer to New Year's Eve. As The Guardian newspaper headlines, "Johnson and EU vow to go 'extra mile' to thrash out Brexit deal". However, the paper's sub-heading indicates that a deal ...

Shariah-compliant ETF launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... managed by Sanlam's head of global equities Pieter Fourie and his team of six. Some of the stocks in its holdings are: Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Mondelez, Samsung and Sanofi. Investment screening is conducted in line with Shariah principles overseen ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... the portfolio was invested in 10 stocks: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, UnitedHealth Group, Accenture, Coca-Cola, Oracle, Johnson & Johnson, Facebook and Medtronic. Geographically, 83% of its holdings are from United States, followed by 4.1% in United Kingdom ...

Chief economist update: UK's winter of discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... sun..." -Terry Jacks, 'Seasons in the Sun' The Brits certainly did. Just in time for summer, Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared on 30 April that the UK is "past its peak" of infections, published a roadmap out of lockdown on May 10 and started ...

Fake pastor herds believers into Ponzi scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... allegedly defrauded 1200 investors out of more than US $27 million. The SEC said Dennis Jali, John Frimpong and Arley Johnson falsely told investors their funds would be used by a team of skilled and licensed traders for foreign exchange and cryptocurrency ...

Platform business in administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... billion in funds under management, as it set its sights on an initial public offering. Wealthtrac's chief executive Matthew Johnson joined Spitfire as group chief executive in June 2019, before moving to a general manager, distribution role in October ...