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Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
The Morrison government's re-election Hail Mary policy to allow early superannuation withdrawals to be used for house deposits has been widely condemned. A joint media release between Scott Morrison, Michael Sukkar and Jane Hume boldly proclaimed that ...

Integrity Life appoints chief technology officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
Integrity Life has announced the appointment of a new chief technology officer. Ashish Khurana steps into the position, joining after four years as chief technology officer with Saxo Bank in Denmark. Prior to joining Saxo, Khurana held several executive ...

RBA eyes an early rate hike

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) minutes for April have strongly suggested that inflationary and wage growth developments have brought forward the likely timing of the first interest rate increase. Interest rates in Australia haven't been raised since ...

Australian Ethical adds to investment committee

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
Australian Ethical has welcomed three industry veterans to its investment committee. To further boost its leadership in ethical and ESG asset allocation, Australian Ethical has appointed Sean Henaghan, Sandra McCullagh and Steve Rankine to its investment ...

ASIC imposes travel restraint orders against ex-director

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
ASIC has obtained interim travel restrain orders against Mark Francis McCabe, a former director of Guevara Capital Access and Online Trading Capital. ASIC applied for these orders because it is concerned that from 31 July 2014 and ongoing, McCabe may ...

Hostplus expands IP Group commitment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
Hostplus has invested a further $75 million with IP Group Australia. This adds to the existing $135 million committed via the IP Group Hostplus Innovation Fund. IP Group specialises in intellectual property commercialisation. The additional investment ...

ANZ becomes first Australian bank to develop stablecoin

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
ANZ has made history with the first ever Australian bank-issued stablecoin payment, pegged to the Australian dollar, through a public permissionless blockchain transaction. The stablecoin transaction was successfully completed for Victor Smorgon Group ...

Tiger Trade debuts down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
The Singapore-based online investing platform launched in Australia last week and has already more than tripled its downloads. Tiger Trade has is now the ninth most popular finance app spot in Google Play Australia. Before its entry into Australia ...

EQT chosen as RE for new property fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
Actus Investment Group listed a new US student housing real estate investment trust (REIT) yesterday, appointing Equity Trustees as responsible entity. The REIT is the first public market offering from Auctus Investment Group Limited, a US student housing ...

Northern Trust creates new APAC quant team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
Northern Trust has established a new team of quantitative specialists for Asia Pacific, to be led out of Melbourne. Scott Bennett has been appointed as head of quantitative investment solutions, Asia Pacific, and will lead the new quant team. Bennett ...