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UBS brings home new alternatives leader

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
UBS is relocating a private markets specialist from Switzerland to lead its united global alternatives (UGA) business in Australia, effective 1 November 2026. Richard Johnson will relocate to Melbourne from Zurich to take on the role of head of UGA ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
In the book The Lucky Country, the late author Donald Horne provides a piercing assessment of Australia in 1964, stating that its prosperity is derived from good fortune rather than industriousness or ambition. He ruminated about the future challenges ...

Philanthropy Australia names recipients of annual industry awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Leading Australian philanthropists were honoured for the impact of their giving at the 2017 Philanthropy Australia Awards held this week in Melbourne. The prestigious 2017 Leading Philanthropist Award went to documentary filmmaker Ian Darling who has ...

IQ Group expands Australian presence

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Superannuation and wealth management consultant, IQ Group, has appointed two new hires to the newly created role of managing principal. Regina Ugarte and Stuart Conboy have stepped into the new role which will match service opportunities creation to ...

FPA awards associate adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has revealed the winners of the Associate Financial Planner of the Year Award, the Student of the Year Award and the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. The winner of the 2015 FPA Associate Financial Planner (AFP) ...

African women suffer most: World Bank

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
The global economic crisis has a serious impact not just on the finances of African women but on their mortality rates too, said Obiageli Ezekwesili, World Bank vice president for the Africa Region. The global economic crisis will drastically reduce ...

GMO opens EM portfolio to new frontiers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Global investment management firm GMO is broadening its emerging market portfolio to include frontier economies such as Nigeria, Vietnam and the Gulf States. Marco Vangelisti, GMO emerging markets portfolio manager, said the firm is looking to allocate ...
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