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Willis Towers Watson buys Aussie broker

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... acquired Risk Capital Advisors (RCA), a specialist mergers and acquisitions broker in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The acquisition is effective immediately, enhancing WTW's offering to clients in the growing M&A market. RCA will become a ...

KPMG names life insurance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... the local branch of global life reinsurer RGA as managing director, with responsibility for Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Japan. Between 2004 and 2007, she was chief financial officer and appointed actuary at life insurer Asteron, and was ...

Investec scores ADI licence

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... resources, private equity, power and infrastructure, property, mid-market and emerging companies. Headquartered in South Africa, Investec has more than 10,000 employees globally. It recently closed its robo-advice offering Click & Invest two years after ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Mexico (and the world) is breathing a sigh of relief after Trump's tweet "indefinitely" suspending his tariff threat against America's southern neighbour. But POTUS being Trump, he's exploited this "win" to issue fresh tariff threats versus ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
Crude oil prices have dropped, turning this year's bull market into a bear market. Oil prices rallied nearly 50% from January to April this year on the back of the Fed's pause; China's stimulus measures and expectations of continued easy ...

Alternatives manager adds former Morningstar head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... approach into tangible themes, and has a great deal of experience with institutional investors in Australia, the UK and South Africa." CFM confirmed Stanford would work closely with Mark Yetman, who was appointed as director of investor relations for ...

Bank appoints new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... value creation for customers and shareholders," Allaway said. He has previously served on the boards of Woolworths South Africa, Metcash and Macquarie Goodman Industrial Trust. In his executive career, he worked with Citibank and UBS (then called Swiss ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... collectively had $US40.2 trillion of assets under management. They included Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland, UK and US.

California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... quotas for state-owned businesses." "As of Oct. 16, 2018, mandatory quotas were under consideration in Canada, Brazil, South Africa and the EU. The data shows that mandates with teeth have been effective."

Boutique fund house founder steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... securities, with funds domiciled in Australia, Europe and the US as well as separate account mandates in New Zealand, South Africa and Switzerland.