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QIC promotes key private equity staff

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024
QIC has beefed up its private equity team by promoting a swag of investment professionals as the $110 billion Queensland state-backed fund hunts for deals. The promotions include two new partners in the investor's London and San Francisco offices. ...

What does the RBNZ rate cut mean to Australia?

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
On Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) trimmed its interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% after holding a decades-high rate of 5.50% since May 2023. The central bank pointed to inflation converging to its target range as the core reason ...

Custody assets exceed $5tn milestone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
While assets under custody have climbed in Australia, surpassing $5 trillion for the first time, some key players have seen theirs take a dive. Tallying up the assets under custody in Australia to June 30, the Australian Custodial Services Association ...

RBA needs to 'rip the band-aid off' and hike rates: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by less than 0.1 percentage point to 4.1% in June, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). While a lower unemployment rate is normally a good sign for the economy, VanEck ...

Australian wealth rises to $16.2tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed household wealth rose for a sixth straight quarter, by 2.7% in the March quarter to total $16.2 trillion. Residential land and dwellings was the largest contributor to quarterly growth in ...

First Sentier Investors names people, culture lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
First Sentier Investors appointed a new chief people and culture officer, commencing in the role this week. Adele Swan has been acting in the role for the past three months but has now been permanently appointed to the position. She replaces Melanie ...

Wollongong adviser wins Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
SWA Financial Planning's Nathan Purnell has won the latest Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Purnell, a financial adviser at the Wollongong-based firm, won the nod for the first semester of 2024. Purnell has been with SWA since February 2017 and appointed ...

Head of institutional capital departs MA Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
MA Financial's head of institutional capital is taking on a new role elsewhere. Mike Pyke has served in the role at MA Financial for more than four years but was with the alternative asset manager for over a decade. While there, he led the IPO of MA ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Rising interest rates and weak disposable income growth have caused housing affordability to drop to its lowest point in decades, according to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) senior economists. The economists pointed out that Australian Bureau ...

IFM Investors adds to global client solutions team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
IFM Investors is welcoming a head of global consultant relations, leading its investment consultant and outsourced CIO strategy. Claudia Marciano joined the institution in London last week, coming across from Ashmore Group where she held a similar role. ...