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SIX launches share platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
A former co-founder of Future Super has launched Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX), a share trading platform that combines activism and investing. SIX is co-founded by Adam Verwey, a former co-founder of Future Super, and Sophie Hall, an experienced ...

IPO Capital clients receive payments from Mayfair 101

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
Close to four years on from ASIC's first action against Mayfair 101, the group has resumed interest payments to lenders in IPO Capital. Payments for the December quarter have been made in full to more than 12 lenders after waiting for the group's liquidity ...

BlackRock appoints Aussie head, builds out NZ business

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
Former deputy head of BlackRock Australasia Jason Collins will step into the role of head of Australia. This comes as the global fund manager prepares to open a New Zealand office. In his new role, Collins will continue to report to Andrew Landman ...

Cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 4.35% on the back of positive inflation data in its first meeting for 2024. Despite inflation registering at 4.1% for the month of December, down from a peak of 7.8% one year prior ...

Vale Jason Milosevski

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... awareness for the insurer's products, he helped mentor new business development team members. He was PPS Mutual's first business development manager in Victoria and was instrumental in building the business' presence and achieving its targets ...

PGIM names institutional client group lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
PGIM has finally filled the institutional client-facing position left vacant by Murray Brewer last August. The US$1.2 trillion asset management business of Prudential Financial has chosen Chris Briant to be the new head of its institutional client group ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
Several major superannuation funds such as UniSuper, Aware Super, and Equip Super continue to invest in global weapons companies despite growing concerns among members, particularly as the Israel-Hamas war escalates. This includes France's Thales ...

JPMAM partners with NZ wealth firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... acquired a 40% stake in Wilson HTM, which is now Wilson Advisory, while Deutsche Bank gained a 20% share. It marked CIP's first expansion in Australia. One year later, CIP and Wilson shareholders increased their ownership of the business to 50% respectively. ...

ASIC files contempt orders against repeat offender

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
ASIC has filed a contempt application in the Federal Court against former Wealth & Risk Management (WRM) director Joshua David Fuoco. In February 2018, the Melbourne-based wealth manager was ordered by the Federal Court not to carry on or be involved ...

Aware Super, ART hire member service heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
The market was caught by surprise when two of Australia's top customer service executives changed jobs. Australian Retirement Trust head of member services Jessica Rix has landed at Aware Super in a similar role. Rix has spent two years at the country's ...