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Financial services feels talent crunch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... staff. It was a bustling quarter for the Kaizen team with the average salary placed at $141,000, at a high of $330,000 and a start of $70,000," Kaizen said. Last quarter, 57% of the firm's placements were in funds management. "Many of the fund's management ...

Newcastle advice firm joins Count Financial

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... feel like a sales pitch, it was an open and honest conversation to assess whether our values aligned," she said. Since the start of the year, 22 firms have joined Count Financial. It recently acquired a 49% shareholding in an accounting firm Southern ...

Natixis hires sales director from First Sentier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
Natixis Investment Managers hired an institutional sales director who spent nearly a decade at First Sentier Investors. Sydney-based Edward Tighe joined Natixis IM in October. He finished up as director of institutional business at First Sentier, formerly ...

LGIAsuper, Energy Super change fees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
The newly merged LGIAsuper and Energy Super have scrapped a weekly administration fee and will retain an annual fee as a result of scale benefits. Members of the superannuation fund will no longer be charged a $1 weekly administration fee and will pay ...

Super executives switching options in conflict: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
... released the results of surveillance into investment switching by super fund executives during market volatility at the start of the pandemic, finding possible conflicts of interest. ASIC looked at a sample of 23 trustees (including trustees of industry ...

Superhero raise takes it across the ditch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... trading platform Superhero will take the $40 million it has raised this year to expand into New Zealand by mid-2022. The start-up recently raised $15 million to take the overall amount it has raised since 2018 to $48 million. The latest round was led ...

BT identifies Panorama outage cause

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
BT has identified the cause of its $147 billion platform being down for a week, with new chief executive Matt Rady making assurances for the future. Disruption to BT Panorama started on Monday, August 2 and full service was not restored until Sunday ...

Harvey Kalman joins Raiz

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... roles will add value to Raiz." Mr Kalman says: "I have watched with great interest the evolution of Raiz from a fintech start-up to where it is positioned today in Australia and Southeast Asia. "In particular, I am excited by the company's strategy of ...

Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
Tasmania has retained its status for the seventh consecutive quarter of having the best-performing economy in Australia, CommSec research shows. In the stockbroker's latest State of the States report, the ACT has retained is second place position ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... on Planet Earth have lifted consumer demand and got factories humming to satisfy these demands. This would have been the start of a virtuous cycle where increased household spending are met and catered for by stronger factory production and by extension ...