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Crescent Wealth names deputy managing director

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
Crescent Wealth has appointed Miriam Silva as its deputy managing director, overseeing its group of companies. Silva has more than 20 years of experience in managing large diverse teams and will sit across Crescent Wealth, Crescent Finance, Crescent ...

Zerocap, ANZ purchase Australian carbon credits

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
The deal, undertaken for Zerocap by private investor Victor Smorgon Group, has seen carbon credits firm BetaCarbon successfully trade tokenised Australian carbon credits (BCAU) using the ANZ Bank's A$DC stablecoin. The transaction is considered ground-breaking ...

ANZ stablecoin amplifies changing operating models

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
ANZ has seized the opportunities afforded to it by global digital currency adoption and created the first Australian-bank-issued stablecoin with positive results. Having only recently minted its first stablecoin, ANZ has already found several key elements ...

ART responsible investment specialists jump to Redpoint

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
Redpoint Investment Management has appointed two portfolio managers, both joining from Australian Retirement Trust (ART) where they were responsible investment specialists. Hunter Page and Chris Parks have joined the investment manager. Page and Parks ...

ANZ becomes first Australian bank to develop stablecoin

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
ANZ has made history with the first ever Australian bank-issued stablecoin payment, pegged to the Australian dollar, through a public permissionless blockchain transaction. The stablecoin transaction was successfully completed for Victor Smorgon Group ...

ANZ appoints chief technology officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
The ANZ banking group has appointed a new chief technology officer in a newly created position. Tim Hogarth, who was previously the bank's chief architect, was promoted to the role this month. Prior to ANZ, he spent a decade at Commonwealth Bank in ...

AMP hires from AustralianSuper

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
AMP today announces the appointment of Felicia Trewin as its new chief technology officer and member of the group executive committee. As AMP's chief technology officer, Trewin will be responsible for leading the group's technology strategy and accelerating ...

RI Advice failed oversight obligations: Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
The Federal Court found that RI Advice Group's failure to provide rigorous oversight over a former financial adviser resulted in bad advice to consumer detriment. The court said the licensee failed to take reasonable steps to ensure that its former ...

OnePath to remediate over pressure selling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
OnePath Life is repaying customers to the tune of $35 million due to poor telephone sales practices. Following an ASIC intervention and action, OnePath was found to have sold life insurance over the phone between 2010 and 2016 using pressure selling ...

Westpac best for ESG reporting in Australia: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
Westpac Banking Corporation has been ranked as among the best in the world for ESG reporting. It was the highest-ranked company in the ASX 50 for levels of transparency on ESG issues, according to the Currie Global ESG Monitor (GEM) study. The positive ...