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Calastone appoints new local head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
Global funds network Calastone has internally promoted an executive to serve as the new head of its Australian and New Zealand operations. Effective today, Marsha Lee will succeed Teresa Walker, who stepped back from the business at the end of October. ...

Dexus on the hunt for new chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
Darren Steinberg will leave Dexus in the new year, after more than 11 years serving as its chief executive. While the real estate and infrastructure giant searches for his successor, Steinberg will continue as chief executive and work closely with its ...

Life insurance complaints drop 24%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
The number of life insurance complaints may have declined 24% in the 2023 financial year, but policyholders continue to complain about claims-handling delays and insurers peddling misleading information. According to the Australian Financial Complaints ...

Blackwattle to take over Watermark fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
Blackwattle Investment Partners (Blackwattle) will take over responsibility of the Watermark Absolute Return Fund (WARF) following the retirement of its founder, Justin Braitling. The independent fund manager is already well acquainted with Blackwattle ...

Inflation data not encouraging: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has repeated the commitment to reducing inflation to 2% and maintaining a restrictive policy until this goal is reached. In a speech on Thursday, Powell told the Economic Club of New York that the September inflation ...

AAT overturns ASIC ban on investment guru

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has nullified ASIC's ban on Dominique Grubisa, an investment guru and DG Institute founder, from participating in credit activities and financial services. In 2022, Grubisa was banned for four years after ...

Fidelity finds key barriers in Australian estate planning

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
A Fidelity International report shows that although most Australians feel obligated to share their wealth with future generations, a mere one in 10 have prepared a comprehensive estate plan. Drawing on nationally representative data by research firm ...

The Voice is not at the expense of the economy: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... Anthony Albanese announced the referendum earlier in the year. Nevertheless, the economic backdrop in which the partisan tug-of-war has unfolded has faced scrutiny, particularly as the mounting cost-of-living pressures push more Australians into increasingly ...

Investors warned on human rights risk in Israel-Hamas conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... one or more organised armed groups, or between such groups. Both trigger the application of IHL, also known as the laws of war. The violence between Hamas and Israel is front of mind, as is the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but there are ...

Pengana launches first global private credit fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
Pengana Capital Group has introduced its first diversified global private credit investment fund for Australian wholesale and sophisticated investors, with several offerings for retail investors to follow. The Pengana Diversified Private Credit Fund ...