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Former CBA exec takes over at Optus

ALLY SELBY | FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019

... technology, commercial and management expertise from a career spanning financial services, management consulting and the Silicon Valley tech sector to Optus. She will build on the success of Optus that has flourished under Allen's dynamic leadership ...

California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019

... California-headquartered constituents of the MSCI USA Investable Market Index recorded had all male boards. Thwing Eastman said Silicon Valley potentially has the biggest hurdle in meeting the 2019 deadline as nearly half of companies with all-male boards ...

WAM LIC appoints director

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018

... communications expert having worked at global firms such as GE and tech firm Juniper Networks, in Hong Kong, London and Silicon Valley. She joined GE in 2008, serving in several marketing, corporate affairs and communications roles prior to rising to ...

US firm hires QIC analyst in Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017

A Silicon Valley-based firm co-founded by a former QIC chief strategist has recruited a new head of quantitative modelling. David Priest joins Jacobi Strategies from QIC, where he was a quantitative strategist. Prior to that, he was a quantitative analyst ...

Xero founder sells $94.5m in shares to fund philanthropy

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017

... Thiel back in April. Thiel, who became Facebook's first outside investor in 2004, broke rank with the majority of Silicon Valley by supporting Donald Trump during the 2016 US Presidential election. Thiel was later appointed to then President-elect Trump's ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017

... a business using bitcoins as a barter of exchange will be subject to GST. Michael Dunworth, chief executive of Silicon Valley-based blockchain outfit Wyre encouraged financial advisers to consider bitcoin as an asset class. "A lot of people say that ...

ANZ hires Silicon Valley consultant for innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017

... and retail. He was a founding partner of Macquarie Technology Ventures and was most recently chief executive of a Silicon Valley consulting firm. Spector will lead a Group-wide function to accelerate ANZ's efforts to make customers' lives simpler and ...

Quantifeed launches portfolio for car lovers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017

... combustion engine. "While the relationship between incumbent carmakers, vehicle part manufacturers and new entrants from Silicon Valley is sometimes portrayed as a competition, we at Quantifeed view it as a symbiotic relationship," Schneider said. "The ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017

... doubled to US$23 billion since it hit the US$10 billion mark just three years ago. Australia-born chief executive of Silicon Valley-based blockchain outfit Wyre, Michael Dunworth, said for financial advisers who are trying to figure out how the industry ...

Global VC fund opens Australian office

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017

... have already invested in 20 Aussie start-ups. Partnering with Melbourne and LaunchVic helps us bring a slice of Silicon Valley to Australia through our start-up, investor, and corporate programs."

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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