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ASIC to foster fintech growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has established a Digital Finance Advisory Committee (DFAC) that will meet for the first time next month and advise the regulator on engagement with fintech businesses. DFAC forms one part ...

Class appoints three board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... appointments will be invaluable as the company prepares for an IPO. Joining the Class board as non-executive directors are Kathryn Foster and Matthew Quinn. Their appointments follow Fred Marishel and Kevin Wyld retiring from the board. Class chief executive ...

FPA announces CFP award winner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the winner of its third Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Apt Wealth Partners head of advice and director John Moran received the award - named after the financial planning pioneer - for ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
There's a certain sense of insouciance in the financial markets despite the expected unexpected happened - Greece defaulted on its 30 June deadline to repay the a,-1.5 billion it owes the IMF - and depending on what happens on the 5th of this month ...

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Insync Funds Management chief investment officer Monik Kotecha is joining the list of people saying it makes sense for Australian's to invest in highly profitable alcohol-related companies. Within the last six months Insync bought back in to AB InBev ...

TASA breach costs business $900,000

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... injunction on Kolya and the company in which they are not allowed to provide or advertise tax services. Justice Lindsay Foster ruled the case and ordered the unprecedented penalty. He considered that Kolya "knew that the pleaded conduct was in breach ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... he took away - the "forward guidance" that "The board will continue to assess the outlook and adjust policy as needed to foster sustainable growth in demand and inflation outcomes consistent with the inflation target over time". The latest "Budget" news ...

Stone and Chalk names chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... amplify our impact in disrupting the status quo and co-creating the future of financial services. Our mission is to help foster the fintech start-up community, to help teams of entrepreneurs accelerate growth and ultimately to help Aussie fintech start-ups ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
There was fear and a lot of uncertainty - perhaps even the biblical gnashing of teeth - back then, back during the late years leading to the expiry of the United Kingdom's 99-lease on Hong Kong from China on 1 July 1997. In Wikipedia's words, "Many ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... last paragraph of its April statement, "Further easing of policy may be appropriate over the period ahead, in order to foster sustainable growth in demand and inflation consistent with the target." But... but, but this was the same sentence it printed ...