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Sydney firm launches new venture capital fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... funds' partnership and fund manager board includes: healthcare investor and director Roger Allen, Australasian Institute of Digital Health chief executive officer Louise Schaper, Healthcare Ventures managing partner Darren Heathcote and Tobacco Free ...

Best, worst investment ideas for 2021: ARK

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... news for investors. Meanwhile, in financial services ARK predicts that traditional banks are facing sizeable risks from digital wallets like Alipay and Venmo and digital lenders like Klarna. Venmo, which is owned by PayPal, amassed roughly 60 million ...

NAB swallows up neobank

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... Cuscal, a Sydney-based IT service management company, and led by chief executive Robert Bell, 86 400 launched the mobile-led digital bank and was granted an ADI licence in July 2019. Under the acquisition agreement, its 85,000 customers, $375 million ...

Former UBS GAM executive joins CBA incubator

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... Martino founded public relations and communications firm Undertow Media and sold it to the Bastion Group in 2009, as well as digital platform Shout, which was acquired by ANZ Bank in 2015. She subsequently joined ANZ as the head of social segment. Managing ...

EY Australia chief steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... seven-year tenure as chief executive, Johnson doubled revenue to over $2.2 billion and led a series of acquisitions including digital, data analytics, cyber security, technology, climate change and sustainability and management consultant firm Port Jackson ...

AMP Bank boss exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... best for the next stage of his career." At BOQ, Finch will report to Martine Jager, who was most recently Westpac's chief digital and marketing officer. Jager replaces Lyn McGrath, the group executive of retail banking, who has announced her retirement. ...

QIC enters private debt, hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... strategy focused on mezzanine debt opportunities in Asia Pacific countries across energy, transportation, utilities, and digital infrastructure sectors.

Hume advocates for affordable advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... importance of accessing quality, affordable financial advice. Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy Jane Hume has flagged the opportunities the Morrison government will take to ultimately boost the financial advice industry ...

WFH arrangements need planning: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... Pitcher Partners Melbourne consulting partner Rob McKie said organisations were forced to quickly adapt to implementing digital tools but now more planning is needed. "While the steps taken facilitated a relatively seamless transition to working from ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second state of emergency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... billion) in direct fiscal spending and initiatives targeted at reducing carbon emissions and boosting the adoption of digital technology. This new spending brings Japan's total pandemic-related stimulus to around US$3 trillion (60% of GDP). But Japan ...