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HNW population sees biggest decline in decade

CHLOE WALKER | WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023

... North America recorded the sharpest decline at -7.4%, followed by Europe (-3.2%) and Asia Pacific (-2.7%). In contrast, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East showed resilience by registering financial growth, largely due to strong performances in ...

Ariel Investments launches EM portfolios in Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI | TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023

... firm said. Ariel Investments senior vice president institutional marketing head of Asia Pacific and Middle East, North Africa Ian Webber explained the global asset manager is excited to bring the offerings to market in Australia. "The launch of these ...

Investec Property Fund, Irongate Australia in new JV

CHLOE WALKER | FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023

The South African property giant has announced a 50/50 joint-venture with Irongate Australia, leading to a buyout of the latter's funds management operations from Charter Hall. The agreement includes the Irongate Australia Fund Management team ...

UHNWs wealth in decline: Report

CHLOE WALKER | THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023

... Europe saw the largest decline in wealth with a drop of 17%, followed by Australasia with 11% and the Americas by 10%. Africa and Asia saw the smallest declines with 5% and 7%, respectively. When it came to portfolio allocations, a third of total UHNWI ...

ART appoints new board, investment committee members

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023

... for Queensland in the UK and Northern Island Trade and investment commissioner for Queensland in Europe and Sub-Sahara Africa Linda Apelt has been appointed as a director of the ART board. Apelt is currently chair of Opera Queensland and a member of ...

The traditional CFO is no more: Study

CHLOE WALKER | WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023

... organisations with over 1000 employees and an annual revenue of at least $50 million across the US, UK, Australia and South Africa, and at least $5 million in Canada. It discovered that over the last 12 months, Australian chief financial officers have ...

Aussie equities withstand test of time: Report

CHLOE WALKER | MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023

... local currency real terms, Australia currently ranks as the second-best performing equity market globally, behind South Africa. "Australia also has a significant government and corporate bond market and is home to the largest financial futures and options ...

Unlicensed investor pleads guilty to fraud charges

CHLOE WALKER | FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023

... commodities like oil, coffee, corn, or gold. One investor provided $449,000 to invest in the transacting of gold sourced from Africa. Kamkolkar promised that the investor would receive $300,000 every quarter for 12 months and that his funds were capital ...

bfinance completes management buyout

CHLOE WALKER | WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023

... Europe, compared with 39% in 2018. "The shift has been led by growing client bases in North America, the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Australia," it said. Commenting on the buyout, bfinance chief executive David Vafai said that the continued growth ...

ASIC takes first action over greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022

... statements and images contained in two ASX announcements made by Tlou, a developer of power solutions for Botswana and Southern Africa. The announcements claimed that the electricity produced by Tlou would be carbon neutral; the company had environmental ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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