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QTC names new chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
The Queensland government's central financing authority welcomed a former TCorp treasury lead as its new boss. Queensland Treasury Corporation has appointed Simon Ling, an executive with nearly three decades of experience in investment banking ...

TWC bolsters investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... products, particularly for equities. ​While in London, she also worked with Australian institutional investors. Before her current role, she was a portfolio manager for the global options strategy at Kokomo Capital Management in Hong Kong, where she ...

Northern Trust appoints sales lead for asset servicing

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Chicago-based custody bank and asset manager Northern Trust has appointed a global head of sales for asset servicing. Douglas Gee will replace Jon Dunham, who plans to retire. Based in London, Gee currently leads sales teams across Asia-Pacific, Europe ...

UK watchdog to open Australian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will open an office in Australia so that the regulator can assist UK firms in entering the local market and vice versa. To be based in Australia from July, Camille Blackburn has been appointed director, Asia ...

Future Group confirms more mergers ahead, undertakes review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Future Group is growing again, taking on the Zurich Master Superannuation Plan and a small MLC product. The Zurich Master Superannuation Plan will be merged into the Smart Future Trust alongside the MLC Insurance Only product that currently sits inside ...

REITs see best start versus equities in a decade: Principal AM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... said, is underpinned by "tailwinds from easing monetary conditions" and a "defensive market rotation." Rush added that the current investment case for REITs rests on two ingredients already in place, cheap valuations and positive fundamentals. However ...

Sidra Capital expands in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... Pacific, including Indonesia, Singapore and Australia, which are set to benefit from shifting global supply chains amidst current global economic headwinds. Specifically, Australia presents a compelling market with high-yield opportunities, supported ...

Global X to launch AI infrastructure ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... for further gains. Adjusted for inflation, gold's all-time high actually stands at US$3,459, set in 1980-meaning its current valuation could still be well within reason. If equity markets continue to experience turbulence, there is a possibility ...

New sustainable real assets boutique eyes housing, aged care

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... sustainable investment finance for investment in real assets required by the health, aged care, and education sectors. "In the current environment where governments are struggling to plug the gap for the enormous capital investment required to fulfill ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... to new and fast-changing technologies like crypto." "We understand regulators are working in a tough environment. The current legal framework was not made for DeFi or digital assets, yet they're expected to regulate these things as fairly as possible. ...