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Mason Stevens names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... financial officer at both Mastercard for Australia and New Zealand and PwC Australia. He has also held various roles at American Express. "Wayne brings experience, knowledge, and discipline, that will be critical to this important phase of development ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... than 8%, while other cryptocurrencies followed suit. "The rise in digital assets creates an opportunity to reinforce American leadership in the global financial system and at the technological frontier, but also has substantial implications for consumer ...

Mirae to launch local ETF suite

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... Global X is set to launch about five new products this year. "Mirae bought Global X in 2018. At that point, it was an American-only ETF provider that had about $16 billion in assets. That now sits at about $50 billion," Walesby told Financial Standard. ...

ANZ appoints chief technology officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... between 2004 and 2014. Most recently, he was the vice president of innovation framework and strategies at TD Bank, a North American bank, based in Toronto, Canada. Hogarth reports to ANZ executive of technology Gerard Florian, who commented that the ...

UBS acquires Wealthfront, opens multicultural division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... comes as UBS also launches the Multicultural Investors Strategic Client Segment, focused on meeting the needs of Asian-American, Black, and Hispanic and Latino clients with investable assets of US$1 million or more. The segment will deliver wealth management ...

GAM bolsters distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... development manager at Microequities Asset Management and held roles at Thomson Reuters, Macquarie Securities Group and American Express. GAM said Sharp's appointment comes as it plans to shortly launch a strategy, aimed at providing clients with access ...

American Century introduces small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
American Century has launched a global small-cap fund targeting Australian wholesale investors. The American Century Global Small Cap Fund is actively managed, investing in companies operating in developed and emerging countries. It tracks the MSCI ...

Aware Super retains Link

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... the contract would provide VISSF defined benefit members with important continuity of service and communications. North American software provider Dye & Durham is set to acquire Link for $2.9 billion. The firm has offered to pay $5.50 for every Link ...

CFP Board welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... in the US welcomed its new chair this year. Kamila Elliott took the helm of the CFP Board, becoming the first African American to serve as the chair. Elliott is currently the president of Grid 202 Partners, an investment advisory firm based in Washington ...

New head of ESG at American Century

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
The $250 billion global investment manager American Century Investments has appointed a new head of ESG and sustainable investing. Sarah Bratton Hughes joined the firm on January 3, and will also lead the ESG and investment stewardship team at American ...