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Can Russia use crypto to get around sanctions?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
There are growing concerns Russia might use cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions and move money undetected, raising concerns around the ethics of crypto. According to insights from the University of New South Wales, Russia has one of the highest ...

Hejaz Financial Services partners with outsource Financial

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... found that 36% of Australian Muslims do not have a savings account and 46% reluctantly obtained a mortgage with a traditional bank. "Australian Muslims are typically well-educated, have good jobs and are good savers, so no wonder they are increasingly ...

Guy Debelle resigns from RBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
Deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Guy Debelle, has resigned. Debelle will be taking on the role of chief financial officer for Fortescue Future Industries. He will depart his position at the RBA on March 16, and start in his new role ...

NEOS hires operations chief, launches new product

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
NEOS has named a new operations chief who hails from Westpac and BT, and announced it partnered with a major life insurer to launch a new product. Adam Lister is the new chief operations officer, joining from Westpac in February. Lister was Westpac's ...

BTIG opens new office, hires leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... of portfolio manager and dealer. Mahony was with AustralianSuper for about five years and has also held roles with UBS and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In joining BTIG, Forrest capped almost two decades with VFMC. In their new roles, Mahony and Forrest ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... would need to be planted to offset just one non-fungible token sale. The order also supports the development of a central bank digital currency, which the Federal Reserve is already consulting on. In late January the bank released a discussion paper ...

80% of Aussies expect ethical investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... truly gone." Australians support action on climate change - 84% of respondents believe it is important their super fund or bank commits to reducing greenhouse emissions (84%), 83% want targets for emissions reductions and 81% want to see them pledge ...

Man Group hires from PIMCO

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
Man Group has appointed Rohit Shroff as its new director of sales Australia. Shroff joins from PIMCO, where he spent 10 years and worked in both the UK and Australia, focusing on fixed income, hedge fund, private credit and other alternative investments. ...

GCI appoints managing director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... portfolio consisting of senior, uni-tranche, and mezzanine debt offerings. Prior to that worked at GE Capital and Lloyds Bank across leverage and corporate finance. "The uptake of private credit funding in Australia is rapidly evolving and we believe ...

HSBC nabs State Street veteran

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... his high-calibre experience in institutional asset servicing, global markets and technology will prove a real asset for the bank," he said. "Sinclair will focus on ensuring that HSBC is at the forefront of key trends and requirements in the Australian ...