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Fintech hires in Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
A US-based fintech has appointed a head of international sales, who will be tasked with driving revenue growth in Australia and New Zealand. Jason O'Shaughnessy steps into the role at data aggregation and analytics for financial services provider Envestnet ...

Macquarie profits slide 32%

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
Macquarie Group reported $985 million in net profit for the six months ending September, 23% lower than the previous half and 32% lower than same period last year. "Recent months have been overshadowed by the profound human impact of COVID-19 global ...

Connie McKeage to step back at OneVue

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
OneVue's founder and managing director Connie McKeage will leave the lead role but stay on as a consultant, alongside other executive departures as Iress's $115 million purchase is implemented. OneVue's chief financial officer Ashley Fenton ...

Former Socceroo joins Crescent Foundation board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
The non-profit organisation backed by Islamic superannuation fund Crescent Wealth has appointed a former Socceroo player to its board. Craig Foster played for the Socceroos for four years and was chief football analyst at SBS for 18 years. In addition ...

HUB24 to acquire Xplore, offloads Paragem

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
HUB24 announced a series of significant transactions, including plans to acquire Xplore Wealth and the sale of its financial advice business. Paying $60 million for Xplore, the platform provider said the proposed acquisition through a scheme of arrangement ...

Stephen Jones admits to anti-life insurance bias

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
At the Association of Financial Advisers annual conference, shadow minister for financial services Stephen Jones outlined Labor's vision for financial advice and admitted to apprehension on life insurance. Jones said, referring to the ASIC review ...

BOQ sells insurance business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has entered into an agreement to sell its St Andrew's Insurance business to Farmcove Investment Holdings for $23 million. The bank said the sale is consistent with its refreshed strategy announced in February this year to deliver ...

Advice reforms to be legislated: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
After having previously been placed on hold, the single disciplinary body for financial advisers and the compensation scheme of last resort is set to be legislated by mid-2021. Speaking at the 2020 Association of Financial Advisers Vision Conference ...

Active portfolios post stellar returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... vastly outperformed their peers and respective benchmarks, with one fund manager delivering a whopping 96% for the year. Vision Super's Innovation and Disruption Option, managed by Baillie Gifford, delivered a staggering 70.76% p.a. and 96.18% p.a. for ...

Opposition in opposition: Labor responds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has unsurprisingly spoken out against the Morrison government's federal budget, saying it has failed to create much needed jobs. Taking to Twitter, Albanese said: "Being a leader means taking responsibility - in the ...