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Transition away from LIBOR continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... strongly encourage institutions in Australia to adhere to the Protocol." RBA assistant governor (financial markets) Christopher Kent added: "Timely adherence to the new ISDA Protocol is important for all users of LIBOR in derivatives contracts. Having ...

Industry veterans launch dealer group

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Two advice industry stalwarts have launched a new dealer group promising to save advisers time and money. Finchley & Kent opened for business on July 1 after four years of development by co-founders Sam El Shammaa and Phil Alexander. While they acknowledge ...

VFMC appoints head of equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... up from senior portfolio manager. He has became the acting head of equities in November last year, when then equities head Kent Sutherland left the organisation after 15 years. To fill the vacant spot on the team, VFMC has hired Shali Lingaretnam, who ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
A new report ranking US public pension funds by their ability to pay future benefits suggests several will likely go insolvent as a result of COVID-19. The issues facing public pension funds in the US are widely known, and while it's not clear how ...

TAL executive jumps to MLC Life

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
MLC Life Insurance has announced a new addition to its leadership team, hiring from TAL. Kent Griffin has been appointed as the insurer's chief financial officer having held the same position at TAL since 2012. MLC Life said Kent will lead both the ...

New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... organic food contribute to SDG 2: End Hunger; whereas water filtration equipment supports SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation." Kent Kwan, Jade Ong and Kevin Hua are the co-founders of Elevate. They also work together at AtlasTrend - a start-up global ...

RMBS scrutiny could be loosened in US

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... residential mortgages. In a speech last year Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (financial markets) Christopher Kent said: "Last year, RMBS issuance was at its highest level since the global financial crisis. Non-banks' issuance was in ...

SMSF scheme sees creator jailed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... 51-year-old was found to have unlawfully created, operated and benefitted from a fraudulent self-managed superannuation fund. Kent Nguyen was sentence to three years in prison after pleading guilty to orchestrating an illegal early release of a superannuation ...

FASEA welcomes new directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... planner at Westpac. Their appointments were flanked by the re-appointments of Integra Financial Services founder Deborah Kent and former Consumer Action Law Centre co-chief executive Carolyn Bond The Government confirmed all four directors have been ...

Multiforte founder takes AFA Inspire lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... particularly wish to acknowledge and thank Dianne Charman for her work as national chair over the past years and Deborah Kent, founder of AFA Inspire, for her continued support and engagement. "There's a distinct vibrancy about the AFA Inspire community ...