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Spaceship appoints new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
Spaceship has tapped a former ASIC and APRA operative to be its new chief risk officer. Maan Beydoun joined Spaceship this month in the role, following three years in a similar role at employee management software firm Flare HR. He brings over two decades' ...

Seven fund managers scoop up First Sentier mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) flags it will appoint seven new managers to take over several mandates that will be vacated by First Sentier Investments (FSI) following the shock closure of four local investment teams. CFS has said it has been "actively ...

BitConnect promoter pleads guilty

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
The promoter of BitConnect Australia has pleaded guilty for his role in spruiking a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. John Bigatton promoted BitConnect, an online cryptocurrency platform that offered a financial product known as the Lending Platform ...

Australian Unity appoints general manager of social infrastructure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
Australian Unity has appointed Darren Dawson, an experienced executive in sustainable finance and ethical investment, as its social infrastructure funds general manager. Dawson will oversee the management of Australian Unity's social infrastructure ...

Loomis Sayles brings global bond fund to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... inception in 1998. The fund is jointly managed by Loomis Sayles' global fixed income co-heads Lynda Schweitzer, Scott Service, and David Rolley, who collectively have 114 years of experience. Schweitzer said the strategy, now available to Australian ...

NEOS names retail, strategic sales leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... American Express. Victor Hom joins the sales team as a business development consultant after two years in the insurer's service consulting team. Before joining NEOS, Hom was at Certe Wealth Protection, and brings a background in paraplanning. Michael ...

Link Group rebrands as acquisition completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
Link Group will now be known as MUFG Pension and Market Services, following the implementation of the scheme of arrangement with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. The business comprises two ...

Social media influencers charged for promoting shady investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... lose money when investing in CFDs. It also warned social media influencers, who promote a "regulated financial product or service" without approval from an FCA-authorised person may be committing a criminal offence. In Australia, ASIC has advised influencers ...

Sequoia seeks Takeovers Panel intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
The stoush over who should control Sequoia Financial Group takes another turn as chief executive Garry Crole and non-executive director Kevin Pattison call upon the Takeovers Panel to intervene in their potential ousting. Crole and Pattison, on behalf ...

Value versus growth: Market expectations in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
In 2022, concerns about rising interest rates and the Russia-Ukraine war brought fundamentals back into focus, creating numerous opportunities for value investing to generate alpha. Then transitioning to the first half of 2023, that period saw significant ...