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Verve Super taps investors for $2.6m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
The start-up superannuation fund has raised $2.6 million, with Carol Schwartz coming on board as one of the investors. Verve said the raise attracted female investors including philanthropist and AI Media chair Deanne Weir, human rights lawyer Dalit ...

Hejaz expands with three new funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Hejaz Financial Services is launching three funds with an ethical overlay to retail investors that invest in global equities, credit and property. As part of the $180 million fund manager's aggressive growth strategy, the funds will give Australian ...

Poor financial literacy failing young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
As more young workers turn to mum and dad, and social media for financial advice, a new survey finds that the educational system is failing to provide practical financial literacy skills for students as they navigate the workforce. The financial education ...

ASIC bans Theta managing director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
ASIC has banned the managing director of Theta Asset Management for four years from the financial services industry. The banning order for Robert Patrick Marie comes after several instances of misconduct relating to Theta, the responsible entity of ...

Continuous disclosure laws to stay

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... Actions Australia spokesperson Ben Hardwick commented the announcement "would advantage powerful company directors over mum and dad investors". Hardwick labelled the proposal as "morally wrong" and unlikely to pass the senate. "The last thing we should ...

ASIC charges BitConnect Australia lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... that BitConnect had a market capitalisation of over US$2.5 billion in December 2017; money that had been sourced from mum and dad investors. Bigatton has been charged with one count of operating an unregistered managed investment scheme, one count of ...

Budget boosts female participation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... $41 per script for general patients, he said. About 9000 individuals will be eligible for Parental Leave Pay and 3500 for Dad and Partner Pay. "This change will extend the work test period from 13 months prior to the birth or adoption of the child to ...

Specialist advice businesses optimal: Barrett

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Advice firms hoping to succeed will have a much higher chance of achieving organic growth if they specialise, as opposed to generalist practices, according to AZ NGA chief executive Paul Barrett. Speaking on a WealthO2 webinar, Barrett said advice firms ...

COVID-19 brings trading boom

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... nabTrade director SMSF and investor behaviour Gemma Dale said the platform has never seen such interest from Australia's mum and dad investors. "It appears the market's rebound from the lows in the GFC, is fresh in their memories and there's a determination ...

Rich Dad feels for financial advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Author of ubiquitous personal finance self-help book Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki says he feels for financial advisers amid the COVID-19 pandemic - though he won't be taking their advice. "They have a tough job, a very tough job," Kiyosaki ...