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Advice firm hires chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
A Melbourne-based advice, wealth management and accounting firm has appointed a new chair as its incumbent retires. Tim Carroll will start as Prime Financial Group's non-executive, independent chair on March 1, after serving on the board for three years. ...

Saxo appoints chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... payments ASX-listed firm OFX. Between October 2014 and September 2015, Smith was the former co-head of ANZ ETFS, a joint venture between ANZ and ETF Securities. Smith helped launch the business, commercial strategies and operational processes. In May ...

Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... acquired by Temenos last December for US$245 million. Ant Financial, formerly known as Alipay, topped the list after a venture capital raise of US$14 billion. KPMG Australia head of banking and global co-lead for fintech Ian Pollari said investment in ...

HNWs to embrace alternatives in 2019: Fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... three alternative fund opportunities in 2018, saying it will continue to focus on specialist opportunities including in venture capital, private equity, private debt and infrastructure. The firm said it is backing a thesis that the best financial advisers ...

Investment manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... years. The fund uses its pool of capital to lend money to its investment manager, who then invests in private equity and venture capital style assets. The investors of the IPO Wealth fund receive distributions from these interest payments. Its trustee ...

VC investments in Australia hit record high

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
Latest KPMG research shows the amount of venture capital funding invested in Australia last year hit a record high, with about $1.2 billion invested. However despite the record result, Australian venture capital investing is just a slither of the overall ...

State Street flags job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
State Street will shed 6% of its global workforce in high cost locations as it looks to streamline processes via automation. Detailed in financial results released over the weekend, State Street will cut about 1500 employees in response to challenging ...

ClearView director dismissed of charges

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... head of private equity for Victorian Funds Management. He is also a former chairman of the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. The charges against Brown were dismissed by Waigani District Court, Port Moresby on January 11.

Joint venture to set new ETF standard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
The world's largest ETF manager and Canada's largest asset manager are looking to transform the Canadian ETF market through a new strategic alliance. BlackRock and RBC Global Asset Management announced a partnership that will deliver the most comprehensive ...

AXA IM backs Japanese logistics

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... developer have teamed with AXA Investment Managers' real assets division to create a Japanese logistics business. The joint venture is being established through the purchase of six logistics assets in Japan for more than ¥100 billion ($1.29 billion). ...