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FinTech Australia hunts new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
FinTech Australia is on the hunt for a new chief executive, just four months after filling the role with a former Uber executive. Brad Kitschke has resigned as chief executive of FinTech Australia, citing health reasons. His departure leaves the industry ...

NSW fintechs dominate Finnie Awards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... launch. FinTech Australia chief executive Brad Kitschke - who recently linked with the policy body after previous stints with Uber and Settlement Services International - said the winners of the 2018 Finnies gave businesses and consumers an alternative ...

FinTech Australia appoints former Uber policy head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... and public affairs at Settlement Services International. Prior to that, Kitschke spent nearly three years helping to launch Uber in Australia as head of public policy and government relations for Australia and New Zealand. He assisted in the development ...

Contract work threatens super: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... permanent job; 23% are employed casually; and the remainder are either part-time, labour hire or contract workers such as Uber drivers. This cohort is a "new precarious tribe increasingly denied job security, sick leave, holiday pay, and superannuation ...

FSC calls for inquiry into gig economy and its impact on super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... professionals, Fahy sees this as a now problem, and is actively looking to see how superannuation can reinvent itself for the Uber drivers and Airtaskers of the world. "The gig economy is going to transform the workplace in ways we don't expect," he ...

Advice industry must think bigger: Netwealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
Australia's financial advice industry should pay heed to the likes of Facebook, Google and Uber if it is to meet the evolving expectations of clients. Speaking at the inaugural IMAP InvestTech conference in Sydney today, netwealth joint managing director ...

gigSuper reaches out to self-employed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... professionals, Fahy sees this as a "now problem," and is actively looking to see how superannuation can reinvent itself for the Uber drivers and Airtaskers of the world. "The gig economy is going to transform the workplace in ways we don't expect," he ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... prices." The Beige Book's diminished relevance (for financial markets, at least) may have resulted from the US central bank's uber-transparency towards in policy thoughts in recent times, eliminating the need for markets, speculators and investors to ...

A matter of assumptions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
While most of the world's biggest central banks have embraced uber-transparency, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) appears to still be subscribing to "fedspeak". It's still keeping Australians in the dark about its next policy movement. In its September ...

Advisers must prepare for the next generation of clients

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... advice I can offer is to look around, see what's gaining client attention, and open up an account." "You wouldn't comment on Uber before you used it." While Daniel noted that many of these new products don't appear in APLs, he does see the value is being ...