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UK loses £800bn in assets amid Brexit fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
The financial services sector has moved about £800 billion ($1.4 trillion) of assets out of the UK to Europe since the Brexit referendum took place more than two years ago. This is according to EY's Brexit Tracker, which flagged the figure as fairly ...

Spriggy wins 2018 Best Fintech Startup Award: StartCon

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
A fintech business aimed at helping children develop good money habits won a major award at the 2018 Australasian Startup Awards. Spriggy was set up in 2015 by founders Alex Badran and Mario Hasanakos. Their main product is a pre-paid debit card for ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... state of the US economy followed the November employment report. A big takeaway from the report remained the inability of good job growth to drive a notable improvement in wages. WSJ ("US Hiring Figures Reveal Sweet Spot for Economy") discussed how economic ...

Freedom ditches life insurance sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... took place after then-chief operating officer Craig Orton took the stand. This included Orton taking over Keith Cohen's job as chief executive and culling its workforce from more than 200 to just 90. Orton exited in October and former TAL general ...

Property fund hires manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... announced today, Blake will resume a full-time focus as fund manager in Centuria's unlisted real estate division. Nichols' old job at AOF has gone to Australian Unity's head of commercial property Mark Lumby who will be supported by portfolio manager ...

Bank chief executive resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... managing director Jon Sutton stepped down with the bank now scouting for a replacement. Sutton resigned after three years on the job to focus on his long-term health following a heart operation earlier this year, the bank said. Current chief operating ...

Australian Unity fund manager steps down

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
The fund manager of Australian Unity's $450 million office REIT stepped down after nearly seven years on the job. Grant Nichols left as the manager of Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF) on November 30 to pursue other opportunities. He is replaced by ...

Industry fund CIO resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... chief investment officer has resigned from the post. Mine Super said David Bell is stepping down after about four years in the job to complete a PhD. The fund said it is recruit a replacement chief investment officer in the coming months. During this ...

APRA not clear how to police BEAR breaches

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... enforcement strategy for BEAR, Byres said he told its newly-appointed second deputy chairman John Lonsdale on his first day at the job that a review of the regulator's BEAR strategy was to be his number one priority. Hodge implied the haste in cobbling ...

Should banks fund customer litigation?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... wondered whether, in retrospect, we shouldn't have done that." Orr suggested that if NAB's board members were doing their job, the bank wouldn't need to be sued for issues such as the plan service fees matter. "Why should it come to that, Dr Henry, if ...