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Milestone launches asset allocation tool

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... structures, shared data, and process driven capabilities. Milestone first launched in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa and has been servicing insurance companies and outsourced chief investment officers.

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Wall Street's down. Repeat, Wall Street's down! The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped by 9.5% in the last trading day of the first month of 2021 to 33.09 points, marking the highest since the renewed COVID-19 outbreak in Europe that subsequently ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... This, along with the still disrupted supply chains in still highly infected iron ore exporters - namely, Brazil and South Africa - augurs well for iron ore prices going forward. This would be a godsend for Australia, in terms of economic growth and the ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
With only a matter of days until US President-elect Joe Biden takes office, there are a number of notable finance industry veterans nominated to help his administration lead the nation. The first, and most notable in the economics world is Janet Yellen ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine, the variant

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... the dying days of 2020. All looked swell... until the coronavirus variant that was first spotted in the UK and in South Africa. It's reportedly less deadly but more infectious and has already triggered renewed lockdowns in Europe and Asia and the ...

WTW appoints Australia segment head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... it bought Risk Capital Advisors (RCA), a specialist mergers and acquisitions broker in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. WTW is the third-largest asset consultant by assets in not-for-profit superannuation funds as at 30 June 2020, according ...

Senior appointments at HLB Mann Judd

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... advice and experience in the field." Wirtz has 20 years' experience in professional services throughout Australia, South Africa, Brazil, China and Japan. His remit will be the provision of tax consulting services to Australian-based companies, ranging ...

Investec to close Aussie business

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... performance of the Australian business or employees, but a "strategic exit" to focus on its core markets of UK and South Africa. It will exit Australia over the coming 18 months, and 98 staff in total will be impacted. Investec has reached an agreement ...

Zurich adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... will join as head of strategy. She has been with TAL for over four years, and has previously held roles with FNB South Africa and PwC. Zurich said Marshall will lead several critical enterprise wide projects and will drive long-term strategy. "We are ...

Fintech hires in Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... financial wellness." O'Shaughnessy is based in the UK and was previously senior vice president for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Australia from 2003 to 2017. He's rejoining the firm now after three years working as a vice president in business ...