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Masters of Business and Empathy aims to improve on MBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
A new course has launched, called the Masters of Business and Empathy, which aims to improve on the traditional Master of Business Administration (MBA). Small Giants Academy has launched the course, which they say is the first in the world. "We saw ...

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
"A whole new world A new fantastic point of view..." -Zayn Malik, Zhavia Ward Former vice-president Joe Biden is now POTUS-elect, breaking the record for the most votes (70 million plus votes and counting) received by a presidential candidate in US ...

Three advisers banned for non-financial crimes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned three people from working in financial services due to sex offences they had committed. The FCA's decision to ban the three individuals comes after Megan Butler, executive director of supervision ...

More good news for Xplore

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
After HUB24 announced its plans to acquire Xplore Wealth last week, the platform has had a pleasant $1.18 million windfall. Xplore has previously notified the market that AusIndustry had disallowed a $1.18 million research and development claim. The ...

Centuria acquires property for healthcare fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... also contracted to acquire the $12.7 million Murrumba Village Medical Centre in Queensland. Centuria Healthcare also has call options on an $11.8m South Australian medical centre and a $12.7m Western Australian day hospital. Centuria Healthcare managing ...

Climate change greater threat than COVID: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... bigger threat to the economy than COVID-19. "COVID shows the cost of overlooking catastrophic risks. So it's an urgent wake-up call for us to get ahead of that other big risk - climate change," Richardson said. "The best and most effective way to tackle ...

ING announces head of wealth, chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... and implementation and national manager of cash and investments, having joined the company as a part-time employee in its call centre in 2006. In addition, ING promoted Melanie Evans to chief executive of its Australian business as its current chief ...

Frontier Advisors eyes international clients

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The asset consultant is looking for overseas clients, and hopes Aussie platforms will make it easier to work with local emerging institutional clients. Frontier Advisors is the second-largest asset consultant in the not-for-profit superannuation funds. ...

Federal Court freezes investment scam, winds up SMSF operator

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
The Federal Court has frozen the funds of a suspected investment scammer and ordered the winding up of two unlicensed financial services businesses, upon referral from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Federal Court has ...

Russell launches new super product

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
Russell Investments has launched a new personalised super product, replacing its MySuper offering as it eyes mandates from other funds. The new offering is called GoalTracker and Russell says it is the first personalised superannuation product to launch ...