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Centric hires chief client officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... Centric is a Sydney-based wealth management platform and products designed to address Australia's "fractured fintech ecosystem". It is owned by Findex. Morris joins from Sequoia, which he joined in August 2023 as chief operating officer. Prior, he ...

Bitcoin ETFs given green light by US regulator

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... maturity of bitcoin. "The SEC's approval of spot bitcoin ETFs should add further confidence to the digital asset ecosystem and could pave the way for Wall Street to move deeper into cryptocurrencies as an asset class," he said. "The move to approve ...

Advice firms must scale up to meet demand: AZ NGA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... demand for good advice. Despite acknowledging the significant role that small-to-medium enterprises play in the advice ecosystem, the paper affirmed the unmet advice needs of Australians require a different approach. It said establishing a new category ...

HNWs require specialist expertise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... their own field." Serving this segment of the market means the adviser needs to be the director at the centre of an ecosystem of highly specialised experts, the report said. This includes lawyers, accountants, finance brokers, philanthropy advisers ...

Changing retirement landscape needs regulatory framework: Actuaries Institute

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... life after full-time work. The Actuaries Institute concluded that Australia should fundamentally rethink its retirement ecosystem, enabling individuals to readily obtain tailored support for planning their futures and financing their lifestyles.

Aussie fintech growth counteracted by local challenges: EY

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
... findings, EY said the results are tempered by the fact the Census found significantly fewer younger companies in the fintech ecosystem. It said only 3% are one year or younger, compared with 10% in 2022 and 17% in 2021. EY suggested that this data might ...

HSBC launches local venture debt offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... explained. "We also know from the conversations we have been having with founders, venture capital firms and the wider ecosystem for the last two years that there is a shortfall of capital for late-stage growth companies." According to HSBC, its new ...

APAC looks to data-driven future: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... lot of sovereign wealth and pension funds that need to do the same thing - to bring their data together across their ecosystem of providers," Helyar said. "Access to this data allows an asset owner to be much more insightful around the actions that they ...

Institutions must come to the table now: First Australians Capital

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... historical and current context," he said. "They need to be willing to not just invest in businesses but invest in the broader ecosystem as we seek to uplift it and be that bridge for Indigenous businesses to access mainstream finance."

CFA final exam pass rate declines

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023
... and private wealth pathways support candidates seeking additional knowledge in these growing areas of the investment ecosystem. "It's worth noting that around 70% of the learning content will be common across all three pathways with precisely the ...