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COVID-19 inspires pump and dump scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... in had developed a special COVID-19 test. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against Jason Neilson, saying he pumped up the price of Arrayit Corporation before dumping stock. In a series of social media posts, Neilson ...

Enquiry into lacklustre employee share schemes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... whether a more favourable tax treatment might make such schemes more attractive. Chair of the committee, Member of Parliament Jason Falinski, said the committee is interested to hear from a broad cross section of witnesses from government and the private ...

ISA questioned over political donations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... about donations, we've been asking the wrong question. We should have asked about tickets purchased." Committee member Jason Falinski was not satisfied with Dean's answers on the issue of whether industry funds and ISA making political donations ...

Industry fund reshuffles leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... strategy officer in 2016. Prior to joining the fund, Nair held executive management roles at the Commonwealth Bank and Westpac. Jason Theng will step into the chief risk officer role now, being promoted from his position as executive manager, operational ...

Centuria crosses Tasman, acquires stake in NZ manager

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... the transaction has occurred with the support of the Augusta board and management team." Centuria joint chief executive Jason Huljich said the two firms would go from strength to strength in the post-pandemic environment. "Augusta has impressive growth ...

Westpac to review business units

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... is establishing a new specialist businesses division, appointing former chief executive of Commonwealth Bank's NewCo Jason Yetton to lead the unit, effective May 18. In determining immediate priorities, Westpac chief executive Peter King said the ...

Industry fund adds to executive leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... billion has filled two c-suite roles vacated earlier this year. Statewide Super has appointed Deloitte risk advisory director Jason Muir as chief risk officer, and EY director Simone Dyda as chief financial officer. Muir brings more than a decade of ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... return profile. We leave it to the others," he said. If dividends fall, there's options Vertium chief investment officer Jason Teh runs an Australian equities fund focused on generating income, and he is not making any major portfolio changes to ...

YBR national advice lead moves to Interprac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... we feel her experience is spread between compliance, business support and practical know how in the field as an adviser." Jason Hayes also moved to Interprac in March. He will be adviser operations manager, moving from the role of wealth management operations ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... their first lot of groceries online, they may not revert," Mitchell said. "Once that habit is formed, they may not go back." Jason Kururangi, investment manager at Aberdeen Standard Investments agrees that the impacts of social distancing and remote ...