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Disgruntled chief executive wins $2.7million

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... million bill after a former chief executive won a wrongful dismissal court claim against the financial services software company. Stephen Lake was GBST's chief executive and managing director from 2001 to 2015, when the board terminated his employment. ...

WiseTech short could impact super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... Capital said. WiseTech chair of the audit and risk management committee Christine Holman resigned from her role with the company last week. Securities in the company were placed on a trading halt on Monday 21 October as a result of the short report. ...

Insto sales director departs Principal Global Investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... this month. Michael Gaffney, who worked as the global manager's director of institutional sales down under, left the company after nearly four years. The move leaves country head Helen de Mestre and Warwick Boys in charge of leading the distribution ...

Cbus veteran moves to APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... with over 20 years of experience working at Cbus has jumped to the regulator. Angela Thurstans was head of governance (company secretary) and compliance at Cbus and is now risk specialist, governance at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. ...

Leaving a legacy

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... generosity. What were your goals in setting up your family office? Jeff Chapman: We managed to build up a sports marketing company over a 20-year period which was sold in the late 1990s as the dot-com boom reached its peak. My wife and I were in a fortunate ...

ASIC nudges robo-adviser to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... at this point in time. "Given the above, the Plenty Wealth and Plenty Plus businesses will cease providing advice." The company said that it believes the regulatory framework should be reviewed in order to better facilitate holistic digital advice.

GSFM scoops up MLC's stake in Redpoint

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... Management, provided the initial backing and support capital for Redpoint. Damien McIntyre, GSFM chief executive, said the company is focused on identifying under-serviced investor needs and marrying it with high quality investment solutions. "We see ...

YouTube fundie walks away

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
The embattled UK fund manager, Neil Woodford, has resigned from his namesake funds and is closing down his business. One day after it was announced that his flagship Woodford Equity Income Fund would be wound up, Woodford has made the shock decision ...

Dealer group awards investment mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... in Australia in June 2017 and has since raised $330 million in retail FUM for WCM. It started with a listed investment company (WQG) in 2017 and an ASX-traded managed fund (WCMQ) launched last year. More recently, Contango launched an unlisted managed ...

CountPlus firm acquires advice boutique

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
A member of the CountPlus network has acquired a boutique financial planning practice. Kidmans Partners has acquired Latitude Advisory Services in a move designed to broaden its offering. Latitude managing principal Rod Geilman is set to become a principal ...