BT Financial Group has appointed Matthew Rady to the position of chief executive officer, a newly created position that will lead the combined businesses of BT Platforms, BT’s Personal and Corporate Super, and Investments. More
The $70 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation has announced that Kate Galvin will replace outgoing chief executive officer Lisa Gray when she retires from her executive career on 30 September 2021. More
Vanguard Australia has announced that Daniel Shrimski will return from the US to become managing director. More
New general manager at MyState’s wealth management business TPT Wealth, Alan Logan, responded to some questions from Industry Moves about how he plans to grow the group’s distribution team and strengthen its ESG solutions. More
Sapien Ventures managing partner and head of wealth sector Helen Lorigan shares how her career experiences helped guide the company and the boards she sits on, including CPA Australia and FINSIA, through the ups-and-downs of the global pandemic. More
The Acorn Capital NextGen Resources Fund is managed by two geologists – portfolio manager Rick Squire (pictured) and analyst Karina Bader. Combined, they have more than 40 years experienced in the resources sector. In this Q&A with Industry Moves, they explain how the fund offers access to unique ... More
Equity Trustees Asset Management and Eight Bays Investment Management (Eight Bays) have together created the EQT Eight Bays Global fund, which will be investing in quality industries with very low stock-specific risk. Equity Trustees head of equities, Chris Haynes, explains how the fund provides ... More
First Sentier Investors is launching its Responsible Listed Infrastructure Fund to Australian institutional and wholesale investors. The fund invests in the shares of global infrastructure companies that can contribute to, or benefit from, sustainable development. Portfolio manager, Rebecca Myatt, ... More
Alceon Group has launched a new retail fund which will invest in a portfolio of debt secured by real estate. The Alceon Debt Income fund will hold loans issued by mid-market real estate owners and developers to finance real estate assets in Australia and some limited exposure to New Zealand. Omar ... More
Companies with chief executive officers that have strong social networks – i.e. have high social capital – are less likely to experience a stock price crash, according to a new study published in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance . CEOs with smaller social networks and social capital are more likely to hoard bad news and potentially mislead investors.
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Financial advisers increased their use of exchange traded funds over the past year, according to the latest, and sixth, VanEck annual smart beta survey.
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