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PGIM client group lead in sudden departure

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
After just three months, the head of PGIM's Australia client group suddenly left the firm. PGIM has confirmed that Murray Brewer - who spent more than 14 years with T. Rowe Price - has departed the US$1.2 trillion investment manager. It is understood ...

Commercial property deals stuck at 2011 levels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
... average is 29%. "Acquisitions by offshore investors picked up in the second quarter; an encouraging sign after such a poor start to the year. Where they are deploying capital is interesting as well: they are shying away from offices, which have long ...

New chief executive for retail super fund, platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... continue to shape my decisions moving forward," he said. Hegerty added: "After 12 years with the business, it is time to start a new chapter and move onto the next challenge. "

New CFS platform at the cutting Edge: Quirk

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... Bryce Quirk told Financial Standard that CFS Edge was uniquely co-developed with advisers and paraplanners from the very start. "For our design process, we had 12 to 14 advice practices across Australia involved over an 18-month window, starting in February ...

CommSec launches global share trading platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... international equities," CommSec executive general manager Richard Burns said. CommSec has also reduced brokerage rates to start from US$5 for US equities. Aligned to this, brokerage fees for Australian share trading have also been reduced to $5 for ...

NGS ahead of schedule on net zero strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... by 2030. Last year, NGS announced it had divested $191 million from carbon-intensive companies and industries since the start of its decarbonisation process, including holdings in Woodside and Santos and others in the oil and gas exploration and production ...

CFOs look to hire in second half: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
More than half of Australian chief financial officers have plans to hire for vacated positions in the next six months, up 44% from six months ago, according to specialist recruitment house Robert Half. The new study, conducted online in June, surveyed ...

Federal Reserve raises interest rates to a 22-year high

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, taking rates to a 22-year high. Overnight, the Fed announced rates would rise to a range of 5.25% to 5.5% to continue its fight against inflation. Fed chair Jerome ...

BTR may create generation of tenants: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... a lot of attraction because it's got a track record, and there's comfort. But I think it's a model that will start to emerge and say, 'Well what else can we do?'" According to Buskens, when observing global pension funds, the majority ...

Inflation falls to 6%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... risks to wages. The average pace of employment growth remains virtually unchanged from last year," he said. "As higher rates start to impact demand for goods and services and immigration increases labour supply. This should in turn cool wage and inflation ...