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iShares hires APAC markets and investments lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
BlackRock's iShares has named an Asia Pacific lead for markets and investments who most recently worked at Goldman Sachs. Joining in May, Nicholas Peach takes the official title of APAC head of markets and investments for iShares and index investments ...

ASIC grants MSC Trustees new powers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
The corporate watchdog has bestowed MSC Trustees new powers to act as a trustee for debt instruments such as debentures, notes and bonds issued by public companies, a first for an Australian corporate trustee. MSC Trustees is the first trustee firm ...

UBS throws $4.8bn lifeline to Credit Suisse

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
UBS has agreed to acquire the embattled Credit Suisse for $4.8 billion. As part of the deal, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) will provide an additional $160 billion (CHF 100 billion)) in liquidity assistance to support the merge. UBS plans to appoint ...

Aware Super restructures investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
Aware Super restructured its investment team in support of its growth strategy, naming three new asset class leads in the process. The super fund joins the likes of AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust in reshaping its investment team as ...

Active fund managers historically underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... 2008", the S&P Dow Jones Indices said. "Active Australian Equity A-REIT managers with some off-benchmark exposure to the rest of the S&P/ASX 200 could have benefited on a relative basis, and the data suggest that this is what many active Australian Equity ...

Aware Super provides details on growth strategy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
The superannuation giant has confirmed it will restructure its team into two distinct groups in support of its broader plans for global expansion. Following on from the appointment of Damien Webb as head of international, Aware Super has said it plans ...

RF Corval secures industrial facility, eyes more

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
The boutique fund manager has purchased a $14.7 million industrial asset through its RF CorVal Property Fund (CPF), as it looks to capitalise on tailwinds in the market it sees lasting for some time to come. Located in Wingfield, South Australia, the ...

US interest rates may go higher than expected: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
Interest rates may well be higher than previously anticipated following stronger economic data, said Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell before the House Financial Services Committee. Providing testimony yesterday, Powell explained the Fed will continue ...

Morrison Securities stake to net Sequoia $40m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
Sequoia Financial Group is offloading 80% of Morrison Securities to a digital wealth platform for $40.5 million. The listed wealth group is divesting 80% of its equity interest in the stockbroker to New Quantum Holdings, leaving Sequoia's balance sheet ...

Investment bonds offer refuge amid super changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... that economies and countries are constantly evolving. So even though Australia's retirement system has been a model for the rest of the world, that doesn't mean it shouldn't evolve to meet changing needs, Hackett said. "I think the definition ...