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Barrenjoey signs Credit Suisse’s head of equities research sales Save Share New kid on the block Barrenjoey Capital has snared one of the country’s most experienced equities salespeople. From left, Barrenjoey Capital CEO Brian Benari, executive chairman Guy Fowler and COO John Cincotta.  Louie Douvis Street Talk understands Barrenjoey has hired Credit Suisse managing director and head of Australian equities research sales Mark Malouf, who is consistently ranked the top salesman in...

Hollywood legal connection comes to Sydney We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Sydney lawyer Michael Kunstler thinking of his relative William Kunstler, a famous American lawyer. Credit:Illustration: Joe Benke Lawyers inside Sydney’s Baker McKenzie offices have been stunned to discover one of the firm’s partners is a relative of Oscar nominee royalty. Turns out, the firm’s local infrastructure and energ...

Return of Real Housewives confirms health of celebrity ecosystem We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement The local economic recovery will be, we are told, patchy. But the revival of the celebrity economy received a substantial shot in the arm on Wednesday with the launch of season five of reality-television guilty pleasure The Real Housewives of Melbourne. The venue was the modernist Carousel function centre on Albert...

The investment banking startup said it would appoint two more women as directors in the coming weeks, which will leave its board with 40 per cent female representation.

Barrenjoey bolsters fixed income team Share Upstart investment bank Barrenjoey Capital Partners has made another slew of hires to strengthen its fixed income team as former UBS Australia boss Mathew Grounds prepares to join the outfit he had a hand in shaping. The Australian Financial Review understands that Yeeshu Kumar has been lured from Hong Kong – where he is a director at HSBC covering cash and derivative products – to join the new bank. Prior to HSBC, he worked at UBS for almost eig...

UBS Vows to Pay Up to Rebuild Australia Team After Raid This content was published on March 15, 2021 - 21:47 March 15, 2021 - 21:47 (Bloomberg) -- UBS Group AG has vowed to pay up for top talent to rebuild its team in Australia following a poaching spree from upstart rivals in the country where the Swiss bank has dominated deals in recent decades. The Australian business, consistently one of the best performers for the bank globally, has been under pressure in recent months as former executives...

Inside lane: how Barrenjoey cut in on UBS Save Share Barrenjoey Capital has joined UBS, Macquarie and Morgan Stanley as an adviser for Transurban’s potential buyout of WestConnex in the latest example of the upstart investment bank swooping in on the Swiss bank’s turf. As well as cutting in on UBS’ mandate with a long-term and lucrative client, the new firm, run by chief executive Brian Benari, has poached its bankers, legal counsel Annette Spencer and, this week, top-rated analysts. It�...

2 Min Read SYDNEY, March 15 (Reuters) - Around 10 UBS Australia staff, including top banking analyst Jonathan Mott and top mining analyst Glyn Lawcock, have resigned from their multi-decade long positions at the Swiss investment bank, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Both Mott and Lawcock, have been hired by Barrenjoey Capital Partners, a startup partly owned by Barclays Plc and Magellan Financial Group, according to the Australia Financial Review, which first reported the moves. ...

‘We anticipated the raids’: How Barrenjoey’s poaching day unfolded for UBS We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss March 15, 2021 — 4.46pm Save Normal text size Advertisement From the salubrious Chifley Square executive offices at Australia’s regularly ranked top investment bank, UBS, the governing executives had been ready for the final push against it. More than a year ago, when the industry got wind of a new investment...

Avant-garde investment bank looks just like the others Save Share If the firm weve taken to calling Barrenjoey Public Relations Partners is half as successful at deal-making as it is at generating press coverage, were sure the nations most expensive start-up is gonna be a huge hit. From left, Barrenjoey Capital CEO Brian Benari, chairman Guy Fowler and COO John Cincotta.  Louie Douvis Still, for a firm thats so far put so much emphasis on its meritocratic nature and staff-friendly policies �...