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BTC Markets gains ASFL

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
Melbourne-based BTC Markets has become Australia's first crypto exchange to successfully go through the full AFSL application process, via sister company BTCM Payments. BTC Markets said the AFSL will enable it to further bridge the crypto and traditional ...

QIC welcomes new director of private debt

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
The Queensland Investment Corporation has named Bettina Lung as its director of multi-sector private debt. Lung, who will report into QIC's head of multi-sector private debt Phil Miall, joins from Aware Super's credit income team. While at the super ...

Westpac outlines new social initiatives

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
The initiatives have a strong focus on women's financial security, including increasing home ownership rates among females. Westpac has expanded eligibility for its existing Lender's Mortgage Insurance (LMI) Waiver to include more health professions. ...

IFM Investors, San Quirico team up to work towards a sustainable future

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
IFM Investors is partnering with San Quirico to foster wind power operator ERG's position in the renewables space. IFM Investors (as manager of the IFM Net Zero Infrastructure Fund (IFM NZIF)) and San Quirico (SQ) will form a strategic, long-term ...

Clear up uncertainty: AFA, FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... practices must be financially sustainable, and we need to turn around the current decline in planner numbers." "Our profession must be investible, insurable, and attractive to new entrants." In addition, the FPA used its submission to once again call ...

Mason Stevens hires interim head of fixed income

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
Mason Stevens has hired Andrew Baume as interim head of fixed income, pending the outcome of a search for a top fixed income investment professional. Baume will report to investment chief Jacqueline Fernley. He replaces Jesse Imer who recently joined ...

The big case for big data

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
Big data should be a natural pathway for the superannuation fund industry, according to investment strategy experts. A session at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ASI Conference revealed the many benefits of data backed science and ...

Australian firms spend 3.6bn on financial crimes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
A new study has shown that Australian financial service companies are expected to spend more than $3.6 billion on financial crime compliance in 2022. Yesterday LexisNexis Risk Solutions released the first Australian edition of its true cost of compliance ...

AIST names Rising Star

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
A TelstraSuper investment analyst has taken home the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' Investment Rising Star Award. Caroline Stuart was honoured on day two of the ASI Conference, with AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck describing ...

ASX-listed manager acquires retail boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
Teaminvest Private Group has acquired Burman Invest, the boutique founded by Julia Lee. Burman Invest was established in 2020 by Lee, who previously spent 11 years at Bell Direct. TIP Group has now acquired the equities boutique, adding greater capability ...