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Class action building against GEMI Capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
MC Lawyers & Advisers has launched a class action investigation into claims of investor losses in various financial products issued by GEMI Asset Management. The law firm said investigations were targeting scenarios in which wholesale or sophisticated ...

Billionaire receives death penalty for embezzlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday handed down the death sentence to Truong My Lan, the chair of property development group Van Thinh Phat, who was found guilty of bribery, violating banking regulations, and embezzlement, the country's ...

ASFA appoints new policy head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... welcomed the opportunity to lead ASFA's extensive policy and research program, which he said was "collaborative in its development, expert in its recommendations and impactful in it's implementation". "When you talk to ASFA you get the views of the whole ...

Monochrome makes play to become a spot Bitcoin ETF in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... would enrich our product offering and strengthen Monochrome's foothold in the Asia Pacific region." Despite this development, the quotation of the fund is subject to market operator and regulatory approvals. Notably, Global X launched the first spot ...

Hejaz awards technology mandate to wealth platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Hejaz has appointed wealth fintech Openmarkets to equip its in-development Shariah-compliant investment platform with trading and execution technology solutions. Openmarkets will support the platform with API-led market infrastructure technology, enabling ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... why prices and rents continue to rise despite affordability constraints," the economists said. In a related economic development, despite the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) rate hikes last year, with a backdrop of a continuing population boom, UBS ...

James Mawhinney applies to have ASIC's case struck out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... group in 2020. That action from ASIC resulted in the derailment of the $1.6 billion Dunk Island and Mission Beach development, Mayfair 101 said. The hearing of the strike-out application is scheduled for 7-8 April 2024, in Melbourne's Federal Court. ...

JANA appoints new investment trusts leads

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... investment consultant to head of diversified portfolios where he will work closely with JANA's portfolio design team in the development of portfolios and asset allocation strategies for implemented consulting clients. JANA said both Simpson and Schnell ...

Macquarie executive to become chief product officer at BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... bank's platform strategy. She also previously served as chief product owner for wealth management, worked in product development for Macquarie Wrap, and was a product manager in the superannuation business. She's also spent time as a state sales manager ...

Aware Super chair named governor-general

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... Safety and Australian Volunteers International. She has been president of the Australian Council for International Development and president of Chief Executive Women as well as a National Mental Health Commissioner. She also led the government's ...