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Online meetings to dominate in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
Financial advisers will continue to host virtual meetings with clients in 2022 but the majority are eager to meet them face to face, a new survey shows. The global survey of 400 US-based financial advisers found that video conferences are expected to ...

SPDR ETFs cut fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has cut fees for four of its Australian SPDR ETFs. The fee cuts will be effective from Valentine's Day, 14 February 2022. The changes relate to two international ETFs and two domestic sector ETFs and include cost ...

Packhorse secures premium pastoral land

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
Packhorse Pastoral Company (Packhorse) has acquired 8654 hectares of premium pastoral land north of Inverell, New South Wales. The Ottley Station acquisition will be the first New South Wales property to be included in Packhorse Pastoral Company's portfolio ...

BTFG names chief customer service officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
BT Financial Group appointed a long-serving Westpac executive as its chief customer service officer. Georgina Croft spent 12 years at the Westpac Group, serving in several executive roles that included chief operating officer for the insurance businesses ...

New board director for Morrison & Co

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Morrison & Co has appointed corporate finance and infrastructure expert Kate Mingay as a non-executive director, effective immediately. Mingay brings three decades of extensive commercial and regulatory experience, having worked across the private and ...

Investors reveal strong appetite for real estate in 2022

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
INREV's 2022 Investment Intentions report finds that institutional investors plan to deploy at least €68.2 billion into global real estate this year. The Investment Intentions Survey, published annually by the European Association for Investors in ...

PIMCO lowers GDP growth rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
Australia, together with other rich countries, can expect economic activity to slow down in 2022 as coronavirus outbreaks continue to put a spanner in the works. Fund manager PIMCO has downgraded its developed markets outlook for countries that also ...

WAM to acquire two LICs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021
WAM Capital will acquire two other listed investment companies in a bid to take its market capitalisation to $2.3 billion. Westoz Investment Company (ASX: WIC) and Ozgrowth (ASX: OZG) have entered into an agreement with WAM to merge under separate transactions. ...

De Ferrari returns to Credit Suisse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Francesco De Ferrari will return to his old hunting ground after finishing up at AMP in June. De Ferrari has signed on to become the chief executive of the Credit Suisse's wealth management division as of 1 January 2022. He also assumes the role of ...

Labor promises to recognise adviser experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
Labor promises it will dump educational requirements for financial advisers with over a decade's experience if it comes to power. Shadow minister for financial services Stephen Jones said such advisers with a clean record will not be required to ...