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Chief economist update: Bottom line slows down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on its Business Indicators, Australia report for the third quarter of this year makes for sober reading for investors dabbling in the country's share market (that makes all Australians ...

Blockchain comes to managed funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
A global funds network used by 95% of Australian platforms will migrate its entire network to blockchain in May 2019. Calastone expects its new distributed market infrastructure (DMI) to dramatically improve the infrastructure for trading and reporting ...

Celebrities cop $1m crypto fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... in 2017. Mayweather did not disclose payments received from three ICO issues, including an amount of $100,000 from Centra Tech. Khaled was also paid by Centra Tech, failing to disclose a $50,000 payment. On Twitter, Khaled referred to Centra Tech as ...

MLC Life restructures team, ramps up transformation ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
MLC Life Insurance announced major changes to its innovation and transformation teams with three senior hires and a restructure of its executive lineup. In a bid to ramp up its technology transformation, the life insurer made three new appointments ...

SuperConcepts chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
SuperConcepts chief executive Natasha Fenech announced she will step down in May 2019 after five years in the role. Fenech said she will take on another opportunity at a financial services firm as chief executive outside of the SMSF sector, but didn't ...

Pilot program to boost AIA staff mental health

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
A new corporate health program trialled at AIA will allow the life insurer's staff to track their mental health progress. AIA employees are trialling a new corporate health program from mental health technology company Medibio, which allows the ...

Rest restructures senior management

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
Rest announced several changes to its senior leadership team including five positions being made redundant and the creation of two new executive roles. A spokesperson confirmed the following positions have been made redundant: general manager of customer ...

SMSF investment platform begins, announces senior hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
The outgoing chief executive at the Australian arm of an $800 billion global asset manager is joining the board of a newly-launched SMSF investment platform in 2019. Joining OpenInvest as a non-executive director in the New Year is current Schroders ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Grattan Institute has called Labor's plan to end refunds of excess franking credits a "fair way" to improve the Federal Budget but it is still "second-best" as there are better solutions. Grattan's budget policy director Danielle Wood and fellow ...

Adviser-matching app launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has launched an online tool that helps match potential clients with the right financial adviser. Find a Planner is an app allowing potential clients to control how many financial planners can contact them ...