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Chinese tech giant buys 5% stake in Afterpay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... digital advertising, social media, fintech and cloud services provider listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Its communications platforms include Weixin, WeChat and QQ. It also has a digital payments service, Weixin Pay, which facilitates an average ...

Financial services boards overpaid: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... market capitalisation, yet their directors are among the most handsomely rewarded. A new report released by Apollo Communications reveals the top 10 highest remuneration-to-market-cap ratio boards among Australia's largest companies include the likes ...

Media Super GM joins retail fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... 11. She has been in her current role since June 2017, looking after Media Super's brand strategy, marketing and communications, and customer experience. She has previously held senior roles with Mine Super (then Mine Wealth + Wellbeing), Rest and Towers ...

Industry fund redeploys executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... the role of chief member experience officer. Dare will now oversee analytics and insights, marketing and brand, communications, and member engagement for the $1.6 billion fund. She has previously held senior marketing roles with McDonald's, Oporto and ...

Funds receive first ERS applications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... provided funds with "screen shots" of the individual application and indicated funds should use these as part of their communications and messaging to members. Once the ATO has confirmed an application and advised the fund, it said members will receive ...

Consumers looking for reassurance: MetLife

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... are able to navigate this period of volatility. "While 50% of respondents said they had received COVID-19 related communications from financial providers, 26% of participants claim they have checked their superannuation balance," MetLife said. "This ...

Early access nightmare for administrators

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... volumes and there will need to be some adjustments to both technology and processes to accommodate." Some Treasury communications are already directing people who have lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19 and want early access to their retirement ...

Good time to be in managed accounts: IMAP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... taking on individual responsibility for portfolios, is the confidence advisers can have in being able to manage communications with their client base, knowing there is a systematic process of actually managing the portfolios." Potter said this is the ...

Investment specialist joins sustainable fund manager

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... April 2020. Along with her investment management responsibilities, O'Dea will also oversee the firm's external communications and investor engagement. Lighthouse managing director Peter Johnston said the appointment demonstrates the firm's dedication ...

AMP Life, AMP Capital fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... default MySuper product, ASIC alleges CFS communicated with members of the FirstChoice Fund in a misleading way. The communications in question regarded provision of investment directions to stay with CFS' FirstChoice Fund rather than transitioning ...