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Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. After five days of deliberation, negotiation and compromise, leaders of the 27 governments that make up the European Union (EU) unanimously agreed to an unprecedented €750 billion "Next Generation ...

HUB24 wins out over Netwealth: Ord Minnett

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Both platform businesses finished FY20 with strong inflows, but Netwealth is overvalued while HUB24 offers a superior growth rate, says Ord Minnett. HUB24 had $17.2 billion of total funds under administration for FY20 while Netwealth had $31.5 billion. ...

Bad news for BDMs despite industry-wide uptick

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
The latest market update for financial services in Australia from Kaizen Recruitment contains some welcome good news, but times remain tough for business development managers. Kaizen recently surveyed over 50 financial services organisations regarding ...

Recruitment lifts as economy reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
Job ad volumes in banking and finance are up 17% since their COVID-19 lows, with sentiment improving as the Australian economy gradually reopens. That's according to recruitment firm Kaizen Recruitment, who said there has been a backlog of roles ...

Performance analyst jobs hold steady in COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Performance analysts and more broadly, investment data professionals have been in strong demand throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Kaizen Recruitment. The role -- with responsibilities including calculating, attributing and benchmarking ...

Curtains fall for two financial services companies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered two financial services companies to be wound up, with McGrathNicol appointed as the liquidator of both firms. ASIC applied to have both Audrn Group and Optima Lending Solutions wound up earlier this year, with ...

Recruitment, salaries slide in financial services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
"What a difference a pandemic makes," Kaizen Recruitment noted in an update on the state of recruitment activity in Australian financial services. Kaizen found that while clients pushed ahead with filling essential talent gaps and some have attempted ...

Centuria opens new office, appoints GM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
The ASX-listed property manager is growing its presence in the sunshine state, with a former CBRE head of asset management set to head up its new Brisbane office. Centuria Capital has appointed former CBRE head of asset management David McGuigan as ...

Sargon lender sends in voluntary administrators

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Taiping Trustees on Friday appointed voluntary administrators for Sargon Capital and two Trimantium companies, in what could eventually decide Sargon's fate. Wexted Advisors' Andrew McCabe and Joseph Hayes were on March 6 appointed as the voluntary ...

OneVue recoups $4.36m from Sargon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
OneVue Holdings has sold Sequoia shares which it took control of earlier this month from a Sargon subsidiary. Now, it's scouting buyers for Madison Financial Group. The Sequoia shares fetched OneVue net proceeds of $4.36 million (or about 18 cents a ...