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Succession planning troubles family offices: J.P. Morgan

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... involvement in the family business is most common, often coupled with external work experience and capital for entrepreneurial ventures." In terms of operations, family offices are focused on managing costs, and recruiting and retaining top talent. The ...

Scott Farquhar steps down from Atlassian

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
... Farquhar came to the decision to step down after 23 years to spend more time with his family and focus on philanthropic ventures. "While it's a difficult decision to step away, I do so knowing Atlassian is exceptionally positioned to take hold of the ...

New Forests appoints first global head of funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... over 23 years of experience in investment banking and alternative asset investment in Asia across senior roles at Sail Ventures, Credit Suisse, and UBS. Louis will be based in Singapore and report to global head of investments David Shelton. "Michelle ...

Grok Ventures appoints new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
Mike Cannon-Brookes' family office Grok Ventures has hired a new chief executive, recruiting a former BlackRock and Macquarie executive. Grok has named global funds management executive Tan Kueh as chief executive, while Jeremy Kwong-Law will remain ...

Australian Ethical, Infradebt to launch infrastructure debt fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... Ethical and Mike Cannon-Brookes-backed Infradebt are launching a debt fund to finance renewable energy projects, alongside ventures in social infrastructure and property development. The infrastructure debt fund will provide capital to solar, wind, hydro ...

Vale Lang Walker

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... philanthropist, having donated millions of dollars to various community projects via the Walker Family Foundation. Some of the ventures include investing $20 million in the Powerhouse Museum at Parramatta, $26 million in the new Lang Walker AO Medical ...

ISPT fills newly created head of mandates role, announces departures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... products. Moreover, he'll be responsible for overseeing the management of new and existing mandates, clubs, and joint ventures. Meanwhile, ISPT announced the departure of Luke Briscoe, head of capital and product development, who'll be leaving the company ...

Gannet Capital increases Touch Ventures stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... Capital's total shareholding to 17.81%. As such, Gannet Capital is now a significant shareholder and Poswell joins the Touch Ventures board as a non-executive director. Poswell is the founder of Gannet Capital, and co-founder of Victor Smorgon Partners ...

AMP adds to board

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... current board as AMP enters the next stage of its strategy, focusing on the expansion of its banking and wealth management ventures in Australia and New Zealand. Further, she thanked McKenzie, who will step down at the end of the month, concluding both ...

Robo-adviser reaches US$50bn milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
... growth investments. "These prevailing market conditions have ultimately forced the fintech sector to consolidate, with ventures having to re-evaluate their risk profile and appetite for growth over profitability," KPMG Australia partner of mergers and ...
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