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Former RBC I&TS lead joins tech firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
The former managing director of RBC Investor & Treasury Services has been named chief executive of a financial advice technology provider. David Travers has joined Fourth Line, a risk management and compliance regtech solution as its chief executive. ...

Index investment soars: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
New research from Rainmaker Information has revealed indexed investments in the Australian market grew by 22% in the year to September 2019, surging to more than $500 billion. Indexed investments grew by 22% over the period, twice as fast as active ...

US private investment firm appoints first Aussie partner

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
A Boston-based private investment firm has appointed its first Australian partner to lead its operations down under. Former Olympic diver Mike Murphy has been promoted to partner at Bain Capital, after five years with the firm. Prior to the promotion ...

Crestone bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
Crestone Wealth Management has made eight new appointments, bringing its team to 80. The firm said the hires reaffirm its commitment to high-quality professional advice in the high net worth and ultra-high net worth client segments. Paul Shalhoub, Duane ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
Investment bank and financial services powerhouse Credit Suisse has backed sustainability as the dominant investment theme of the coming decade, despite ongoing uproar around its investment in fossil fuels. The prediction comes as Australia's bushfire ...

Franklin Templeton veteran readies two funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
A global equities boutique launched by a Franklin Templeton veteran is getting ready to pitch two new Aussie-domiciled funds to private wealth firms and wholesale clients down under. Bahamas-based Holowesko Partners is aiming to launch in the next two ...

Global manager's Aussie distribution head retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
A $1.7 trillion global manager's head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand will retire at the end of this year. T.Rowe Price's Murray Brewer was with the company for 14 years, starting when it first opened its Sydney office in 2006. ...

Industry fund strengthens board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
A $12 billion industry superannuation fund has continued its shift towards a more independent board, adding a new director. Local Government Super appointed experienced director Claudia Bels to its board, as the fund continues to broaden the diversity ...

UniSuper on climate chopping block

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
Market Forces has put UniSuper on the chopping block in a divestment campaign aimed at pressuring the fund to ditch shares in fossil fuel companies. "UniSuper does not have fund-wide exclusions on fossil fuel investments of any kind. Instead, it claims ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
With the bushfire inferno still raging, Australia needs all the good news it could get... and it's arrived. The All Ordinaries index surged by 0.7% to a new record high of 7041.9 points and the Australian dollar appreciated by 0.6% to US$0.6901 ...