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Bank appoints new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... value creation for customers and shareholders," Allaway said. He has previously served on the boards of Woolworths South Africa, Metcash and Macquarie Goodman Industrial Trust. In his executive career, he worked with Citibank and UBS (then called Swiss ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... collectively had $US40.2 trillion of assets under management. They included Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland, UK and US.

California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... quotas for state-owned businesses." "As of Oct. 16, 2018, mandatory quotas were under consideration in Canada, Brazil, South Africa and the EU. The data shows that mandates with teeth have been effective."

Boutique fund house founder steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... securities, with funds domiciled in Australia, Europe and the US as well as separate account mandates in New Zealand, South Africa and Switzerland.

Advice firm hires for increasing regulatory environment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... Chartered Accountants, the association said. She has over 11 years of experience in audit, primarily with Grant Thornton South Africa, working with small companies to large privately owned companies and listed entities, across manufacturing, real estate ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... - this is particularly evident in Australia, Canada, the Eurozone, Japan and emerging markets such as Brazil and South Africa.

Bravura live on NZ bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... business brought in $122.5 million - up 32% over previous year. Bravura won new clients in UK, Australia, NZ and South Africa while investing $30 million in Sonata's development during the financial year - 71% of this was client funded.

Boutique executes buyout, rebrands

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
The executive team at a Melbourne-based global equities manager has bought out the majority stake held by its parent firm. The buyout includes a name change and new board chair. Wingate Group helped set up boutique Wingate Asset Management in 2005. ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
Emerging markets had been rallying even before 2017 turned into 2018, outperforming developed markets - 27.8% versus 16.3% - at the end of last year. Those were the days of synchronised growth upswing, given more oomph by Trump's declared corporate ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Emerging markets continue to feel the heat from Turkey's roasting and so do several European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB) can only count its blessings that Turkey is not Greece. It has applied, but Turkey is not (yet) a member of the ...