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Barrenjoey hires from Ord Minnett

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
Ord Minnett's head of institutional research will be leaving the role for Barrenjoey Capital Partners. Nicholas McGarrigle will join Barrenjoey as an analyst. McGarrigle joined Ord Minnett in 2010 as a research associate and moved up to head of ...

QIC enters private debt, hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
QIC has hired AMP Capital's former head of global infrastructure debt, as it enters a new asset class in private debt. Andrew Jones will join QIC as its head of private debt, effective February 1. He will report to QIC chief executive Damien Frawley. ...

Janus Henderson adds to global leadership

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
Janus Henderson has announced a new global head of consultant relations after appointing a new director of institutional solutions in Australia last week. Janus Henderson has appointed Richard Graham as global head of consultant relations and will be ...

Challenger welcomes board director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
The investment management firm has appointed a former government secretary as a non-executive director. Heather Smith has 20 years' experience in the Australian public service sector and was previously secretary of the Department of Industry, Innovation ...

Xinja returns deposits

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
The neobank has become the first Australian bank to return its customer deposits after it withdrew its banking products and announced the return of its authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI) licence. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

ASIC bans former IOOF, MLC adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
Jim Pavlidis has been banned from providing financial services for three years, after it was revealed he was not adequately trained. ASIC said that a review of the advice given by Pavlidis between 2004 and 2018 found that he failed to provide financial ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
The price of iron ore continues to rise and rise. It's up by another 9.1% in the first half of the first month of 2021 to US$169.97/metric tonne after soaring by 70.3% last year, sending it closer to the record high of US$191.70/metric tonne it ...

Hume advocates for affordable advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
The federal government is driving hard the importance of accessing quality, affordable financial advice. Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy Jane Hume has flagged the opportunities the Morrison government will take ...

WFH arrangements need planning: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
The disconnect between employers and employee expectations of hybrid working arrangements is tipped to grow as employees begin the transition back to the workplace, new research shows. The Adapting to the New Normal: Hybrid Working 2021 report, released ...

Does financial services have a problem with women?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
A wrongful dismissal case brought by a former IOOF employee detailing sexual harassment and gender discrimination among colleagues has once again shone an unwanted spotlight on the financial services industry, calling into question the sector's ...