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Bitcoin fund hires from IFM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
Monochrome Asset Management has appointed Derek Vladimir Henningsen, as head of legal and compliance. He was most recently at IFM Investors as head of fund and mandate compliance. Henningsen has also worked at Bell Asset Management, the Australian Financial ...

Investors lose in viral stock picks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
According to new analysis, stock picks which became popular on Facebook, Reddit and Twitter were almost guaranteed to see investors lose money. OpenMarkets Group (OMG) looked at trending stocks across Facebook, Reddit and Twitter - particularly those ...

Australia's first Filecoin fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
Holon Global Investments has launched the Holon Wholesale Filecoin Fund, allowing investors exposure to a different kind of digital asset. The fund is seeking to raise $25 million over three months and will not charge a management fee. Filecoin was ...

Centrepoint names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
A former BT Financial Group executive will take the reins of Centrepoint Alliance from today. John Shuttleworth is the new chief executive of the ASX-listed firm, taking the place of Angus Benbow who left the industry in May. Shuttleworth held several ...

News Corp grows Dow Jones with acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
News Corp is expanding Dow Jones by entering into an agreement to acquire the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) from S&P Global and IHS Markit. OPIS will fold into Dow Jones' Professional Information Business (PIB) which includes Dow Jones Risk & ...

Bitcoin fund manager hires distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
Monochrome Asset Management has named the former managing director of a fund manager as its new distribution lead. Craig Hobart joined the cryptocurrency fund manager as head of distribution in June. He was previously the general manager of strategic ...

GigSuper eyes $1.5m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
The superannuation startup geared at self-employed workers is looking to raise $1.5 million, as it sets it sights on 60,000 members in five years. GigSuper this week opened a crowd-funded raise for $1.5 million based on pre-money valuation of $8.1 million. ...

Robo advice potential skyrockets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
The Australian robo advice industry has doubled its potential market size over the last two years, new research shows. Rainmaker Information data shows the robo advice industry could reach $60 billion, up from $30 billion estimated in 2018. The data ...

Yarra Capital appoints managing director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
Yarra Capital has appointed a new managing director, hiring from the Commonwealth Bank. Edward Eason will have oversight of Yarra's day-to-day operations in the managing director role, based in Melbourne. Eason was most recently chief financial officer ...

Frontier partners with due diligence platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
Frontier has enlisted the help of a global technology platform to help automate the diligence processes. DiligenceVault will enable the asset consultant to collect and centralise asset manager and fund data. The solution is a two-sided platform used ...