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InvestorDaily Bloomberg has announced the appointment of Ben Pool to the role of head of Australia and New Zealand. According to the company, Pool will join the Sydney office from Hong Kong, where he led the firm’s buy-side enterprise relationship management and sales team. First joining Bloomberg in 2007 in its London office, Pool has […]

Investment Magazine One of the most experienced practitioners of the total portfolio approach (TPA), Sue Brake, says its edge over the strategic asset allocation (SAA) comes from being long-term, being nimble and being innovative in portfolio construction. As the former chief investment officer of Future Fund and now an independent investment consultant, as well as sitting […]

InvestorDaily Bernard Reilly, former chief executive of $300 billion Australian Retirement Trust (ART), has been appointed chief executive of Perpetual, effective 2 September. He takes the reins from Rob Adams, who announced in May he would retire from his role as group chief executive and managing director, having held the role since September 2018. Adams […]

The cryptocurrency community has found itself a new ally and his name is Donald Trump. Appearing as a keynote speaker at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference in Nashville last month, the Republican nominee for the upcoming US election unveiled his plan to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet”. The idea of an administration with a pro-crypto […]

On 18 June 2024 a significant event took place in the global economy. Tech giant Nvidia briefly overtook Microsoft to become the most valuable public company (based on market value) with a market cap of US $3.3 trillion. Nvidia Corporation is known for designing and manufacturing graphics processing units; computer chips or semiconductors needed to produce visual content on […]

The interviewing landscape has changed considerably in recent years with organisations becoming more rigorous with their recruitment strategies. Candidates are placed under the microscope through a multi-staged hiring process that includes screening, testing and multiple interviews. With companies using alternate technologies and techniques, no two interviews are the same. No one nails every interview every […]