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FASEA approves more coursework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has approved a number of education credits and bridging courses to help financial advisers meet its education standards. Coursework offered by the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA), CFA ...

Aussie fintech names new chief

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
InPayTech has promoted internally to make Dean Martin their new chief executive, the company has announced. Martin is currently InPayTech's head of customer experience, a role he has been in since February this year. His appointment as chief executive ...

Short-seller knife twist for YouTube fundie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
Activist short-seller Muddy Waters is shorting Burford Capital, YouTube fundie Neil Woodford's second largest holding in his embattled fund. Burford Capital is a lawsuit financier; Muddy Waters says it is taking a short position on Burford because ...

Platinum funds leak over $100m

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
Platinum Asset Management reported $108 million in net outflows in July, including $54 million net that flowed out of its trust funds during the month. Platinum now has $25.1 billion across all its funds which are focused on international equities ...

CBA remediation bill drags performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
Commonwealth Bank's overall remediation and compliance costs have hit $2.2 billion, dragging its full-year June 2019 results. A large chunk ($806m) of the bank's customer remediation bill will go towards implementing regulatory and compliance ...

JANA hires quantitative applications lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
JANA Investment Consultants appointed a former Victorian Funds Management Corporation executive in the newly created role of head of quantitative applications. Michael Watt was chief executive and principal consultant at PortfolioMetrics for almost ...

BT advice boss lands new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
The former general manager of BT Financial Advice, who was grilled at Royal Commission hearings last year, will lead an ASX-listed managed accounts provider for a $500,000 base salary. Michael Wright will join Xplore Wealth (formerly Managed Accounts ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
Trump's latest tat (branding Beijing a currency manipulator) for China's tit (allowing the yuan to fall below the psychological threshold of CNY7.0/US$1) highlights just how determined the US president is to win the trade war. Yes Virginia ...

Spaceship co-founder to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
The startup superannuation fund has appointed a new chief executive, bidding farewell to its co-founder Paul Bennetts who will exit management. Spaceship chair Andrew Moore was announced as the new chief executive for the company to staff this morning. ...

MLC Life appoints new executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
MLC Life Insurance has appointed a new executive, focused on driving new business in group insurance, from Freedom Insurance Group. Sean Williamson, most recently chief executive of the embattled Freedom Insurance Group, will join MLC Life this month ...