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HNWs change views on advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
New research from Investment Trends has revealed that high-net-worth investors in Australia have changed their view of professional financial advice since the pandemic. Investment Trends found that there are 485,000 HNW investors in Australia as of ...

Goldsky director charged

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
The founder of Goldsky Investments has been charged with engaging in dishonest conduct and operating a financial services business without a licence. Kenneth Charles Grace was charged with eight counts of dishonest conduct and one of operating a financial ...

Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
Some move the goalposts when they can't hit the target, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison did one better and all but abandoned his government's vaccine roll-out target. Taking to Facebook, Morrison announced on April 10 that: "The government ...

Oaktree hires from Challenger

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
A senior institutional business development manager from Challenger has moved to Oaktree as the latter's managing director of marketing for Australia and New Zealand. Brett Penprase will be based in Sydney, and focus on business development and ...

Alceon merges real estate unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
Alceon Group is merging its real estate investments business with a boutique fund manager that will lift assets under management to $2.5 billion. Alceon and Freehold Investment Management will combine their real estate funds management businesses. The ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
The European asset manager has launched a new fixed income strategy for its Just Transition for Climate fund to now incorporate the social aspects involved with moving to a low-carbon economy. The Just Transition for Climate fund, previously the Amundi ...

Super funds need to get on board with crypto: Carnegie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
Ahead of the launch of his new digital assets fund, investment banker Mark Carnegie has warned that Australian super funds need to get on board with cryptocurrencies. Carnegie is launching the MHC Digital Asset Fund, in partnership with blockchain expert ...

BlackRock hires from AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
BlackRock has announced two co-heads of BlackRock Sustainable Investing for Asia Pacific, hiring from AMP Capital. Emily Woodland and Geir Espeskog have been appointed to share the position, both based in Hong Kong. Woodland was previously head of sustainable ...

T.Rowe Price adds to APAC leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
The global investment manager has shifted its US-based head of internal audit to Hong Kong as APAC regional operating officer. Mike Weigand joined T.Rowe Price in 2018 and in addition to his role oversaw the firm's COVID-19 response. Weigand previously ...

Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
The coronavirus optimism that prevailed over the dying weeks of 2020 and into the first quarter of this year has been replaced by concerns over the resurgence in infections - in Europe, India, Japan, South Korea and lately, the US, among others - caused ...