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Former director sentenced for misappropriating investor funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
The former director of Reiwa-Capital has been sentenced to home detention after he was found guilty of misappropriating $440,000 of investors' funds, including gambling some of it. Russell Sandiford was sentenced to two years and eight months imprisonment ...

VanEck to launch defence ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... billion (around 2.3% of GDP), up from last year's record $37 billion or 2% of GDP. VanEck chief executive and managing director Arian Neiron said, unfortunately, the world has changed since the days of "celebrating the peace dividend." "Where countries ...

Westpac names new chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
The Westpac board has promoted Anthony Miller to managing director and chief executive for the group, effective December 16. He will succeed Peter King, who is retiring after a five-year stint as chief executive and a total of three decades at the bank. ...

Court appoints receivers to Keystone, Master Shield Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
The Federal Court has appointed new receivers and administrators to Keystone Asset Management, as ASIC attempts to identify where more than $100 million of investors' money has gone. The Federal Court appointed Jason Tracy and Lucica Palaghia of ...

Story Wealth co-founder joins Kearney

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Story Wealth Management Anne Graham has exited the business she co-founded to join Kearney Group, bringing along her book of clients. Graham is now a partner - integrated advice of Kearney's private wealth unit. Graham co-founded Story Wealth in 2016 ...

Financial Standard wins Impact Award

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... organisations for their significant roles in shaping the future of the financial services ecosystem," Activam Group managing director Robert Talevski said.

Melbourne adviser sentenced to 18 months' prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... between two of his clients' self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to three separate companies of which he was the sole director. Grimm admitted each of the companies, Thrive Lending, Trade BTC, and Beta Pharmacology, had little market value. On a ...

APRA alleges First Super co-chair breached director duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... First Super co-chair Michael O'Connor has stepped down following allegations by APRA that he breached his duties as a director in relation to a contract between the fund and the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU). In addition ...

Challenger goes for growth with State Street

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... allow us to further focus on our core strengths of retirement services and investment management," Challenger managing director and chief executive Nick Hamilton said. "State Street has a strong track record of servicing investment managers and institutional ...

Rest hires two general managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... to chief strategy and corporate affairs officer Tyrone O'Neill. She joins from Nine, where she was strategic projects director for the past year. Before that she served as general manager of home loans at Domain, and has also held roles with Potentia ...