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Macquarie Capital bolsters regional industrials team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... expansion of Macquarie Capital's industrials coverage in the region, which also sees Steve Kongmuang link as a senior vice president. In his new role Kongmuang will focus on building products, materials and distribution out of Chicago. A former director ...

MLC Life welcomes board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... non-executive director. She has more than 30 years' experience in the technology sector, most recently as Asia Pacific vice-president of cognitive process transformation services at IBM. Prior to this she was chief executive at Infosys Australia ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... Brexit referendum and the FTSE-100 index even reached an all-time high of 7,877.45 points in May of 2018. But as EU president Donald Tusk declared: "The risk of a disorderly exit has increased with this vote. While we do not want this to happen, we will ...

Xinja funds platform for growth

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... would be," he said. In October 2018, Xinja announced Brett King, former White House and US Federal Reserve adviser under President Barack Obama, had joined the Xinja board as a permanent adviser.

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... estimated life expectancy. Based on projections, the group would potentially have no members left by December 2020. SCOA president Peter Illidge told Financial Standard that "less than a handful" of members are still working and several members are older ...

New owner at Strategic Insight

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... SI is headquartered in New York but has 10 additional offices across the globe. Strategic Insight chief executive and president Joel Mandelbaum said the acquisition is timely and will enable the firm to accelerate new product offerings. "Our clients ...

Productivity Commission report puts banks first: ACTU

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... said any attempt to dismantle such a "world-class" model would inevitably damage the performance of those funds. ACTU president and AustralianSuper alternate director Michele O'Neil said workers should always be represented in the superannuation system ...

BlackRock to drop 500 staff

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... staff will be laid off in the coming weeks, the investment house has confirmed. In an internal memo to staff, BlackRock president Rob Kapito said growing market uncertainty and evolving investor preferences are driving the firm's decision to cull ...

Global iShares lead promoted, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Financial Markets Advisory Group. Succeeding Wiedman is head of US wealth advisory Salim Ramji, reporting to BlackRock president Rob Kapito. Ramji joined BlackRock in 2014 as global head of corporate strategy. In this role he oversaw the distribution ...

Joint venture to set new ETF standard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... largest ETF and index manager to RBC Global Asset Management's line-up of index ETFs and index mutual funds," RBC GAM president Doug Coulter said. While the two firms remain separate legal entities, they will employ a unified distribution model and ...