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TCorp reorganises investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... farewell its head of portfolio construction and head of portfolio delivery. The investment partner of the New South Wales public sector announced the changes internally this week, to take effect from July 5. It said they come "as the organisation moves ...

RBA hints another rate rise could be on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... and other measures." The minutes also pointed to slow productivity growth, inflation expectations and further growth in public demand and business investment. "Recent government policies announced after the May board meeting to mechanically lower headline ...

Principal launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... globalisation, decarbonisation and electrification. Principal said it aims to generate a higher risk premium relative to its public market sector equivalent, while also benefiting from consistently lower default risk and more favorable debt characteristics ...

BitConnect promoter pleads guilty

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... Lending Platform and BCC. He will be sentenced on July 5, with the matter being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. The judge withdrew a related charge of operating an unregistered managed investment scheme after Bigatton ...

Sequoia seeks Takeovers Panel intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
The stoush over who should control Sequoia Financial Group takes another turn as chief executive Garry Crole and non-executive director Kevin Pattison call upon the Takeovers Panel to intervene in their potential ousting. Crole and Pattison, on behalf ...

CFA Society Australia launches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... executive of the CFA Institute Margaret Franklin said the new organisation will better serve CFA charterholders and the public interest. "CFA Society Australia can more effectively create thought leadership, support the growth and reputation of the CFA ...

Poor gender diversity not a 'women's problem': Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... square about how you want to lean into that target," Galvin said. Leaders spearheading the initiative must also open and public about their goals, she added, noting that the results can "be really game changing." Looking at the business in its entirety ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... to create convincing outputs, they're not inherently designed to produce verifiable truths. Davis noted that while the public's focus is often on AI in client-facing applications like chatbots, which he considers "fluffy," he believes there's "massive ...

Wealth firms 'still have PTSD from the Royal Commission': Deloitte

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... particularly in a mass market environment," she said. However, she added that Australia's regulatory environment and urgent public policies will both play significant roles in shaping the future of financial advice, creating different local guardrails ...

Billionaire quant investing legend Jim Simons dies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Jim Simons, the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund that became one of the most profitable firms in history, has died at the age of 86. Simons began his career as a mathematician, earning a mathematics degree from MIT in 1958 and a PhD ...