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WTW names new head for Australia and New Zealand

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
... broking international Pamela Thomson said. "We've made tremendous progress and built great foundations for growth in Australasia in recent years, thanks to Simon Weaver, and now with James' leadership, we are poised to take this to the next level." Notably ...

Goldman Sachs names new head of Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... the Australian management committee. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Davis was a senior executive with Western Union Australasia. Before that, he spent a decade at Deutsche Bank as managing director and APAC regional business head. Earlier in his career ...

UBS institutional client coverage lead departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... expanded her role and will also lead the institutional team following Fowler's exit. Telfer - appointed country head of Australasia in early 2022 - has been repositioning the UBS AM strategy since she came on board to introduce UBS global strategies ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
QIC Infrastructure's specialist energy and utilities practice has appointed three new senior executives to originate new investment opportunities. Paul Maguire, Richard Van Breda and Mark Irwin have taken up senior positions within a business that ...

BlackRock launches new government bond ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... iShares product range to provide Australian advisers and investors with more precise fixed income exposures," BlackRock Australasia head of wealth Chantal Giles said. "We expect ALTB to be a complementary exposure for advisers and clients looking to ...

BlackRock to launch new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... building block that provides greater flexibility in managing allocations to China and other emerging markets," BlackRock Australasia head of wealth Chantal Giles said. "Historically, investors have often viewed emerging markets as a single asset class. ...

ASIC tells super funds to 'step it up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
Speaking at the Australasian Investor Relations Association event, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Simone Constant gave a stern warning to Australian superannuation funds. Constant said financial reporting of listed ...

AMP Advice partners with BlackRock and Lonsec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... addresses many of the traditional barriers to adoption - including personalisation, incumbency, and scale." BlackRock Australasia head of multi-asset investment strategy Katie Petering said BlackRock was excited to work with AMP and Lonsec to build a ...

GIP Australia Fund surpasses new milestone

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... The majority of GIPA II's commitments, by value, are from Australian institutions, GIP said. GIPA II is a dedicated Australasia-focused open-ended fund that extends GIP's flagship equity strategy to opportunities across the region. The fund seeks to ...

Suncorp sells NZ life business to Resolution Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... balance plus interest due 18 months later. It is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Resolution Life Australasia chief executive Tim Tez said it is a further demonstration of the group's commitment to the Australasian market and success ...