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NowInfinity founders depart following acquisition

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
The founders of corporate compliance and documentation platform NowInfinity will depart the business following its integration with SMSF platform Class. Amreeta Abbott and Vitalii Symon will step aside to pursue other projects after the platform was ...

Investec funds women in finance scholarship

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
Investec Australia has established a postgraduate research scholarship with the University of Sydney Business School; in a move that it says will benefit the future finance workforce in Australia. The Investec Women in Finance and Leadership PhD Scholarship ...

FICAP sponsors donate $150k despite postponement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... Rockstar," McLaren said. "Through the incredible generosity of our sponsors, we have paid out $146,415 to our charities. "We still hope that we can hold Rockstar in 2020 to raise even more funds for our charities, but we also acknowledge that it just ...

Receivers appointed to Mayfair 101 entity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Receivers have been appointed to Mayfair 101's IPO Wealth, with Mayfair slamming the decision by the trustee and claiming this won't harm its Dunk Island development. Vasco Trustees Limited, the trustee of IPO Wealth, advised that on 22 May ...

MetLife Australia partners with Foodbank

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... and we want to have a deep an enduring impact on our community," MetLife Australia chief executive Richard Nunn said. "We hope this contribution to Foodbank Australia will help thousands of Australians get the nutrition and energy they need and make ...

Super not sacred: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... repay "our bloated national debt". "Superannuation is a relatively soft target," he said. "It should pay its share, but let's hope any changes are well targeted, don't make the system even more complicated, and still allow the system to do its job, which ...

FASEA extension en route

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... process for closed ended listed investment vehicles was not interrupted. "In formulating the amended legislation, we would hope that the government ensures that the other service provider costs of preparing for a capital raising including arranger/manager ...

Banks urged to step up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe and APRA chair Wayne Byres have called on the big banks to support the Australian COVID-19 recovery, rather than their shareholders. Speaking during a FINSIA webinar, Lowe said over the past decade APRA ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
With investors caught in a nasty tug of war between the dire economic reality and the hope of a virus cure, industry leaders have warned of the potential for further downside. And with macro threats looming, markets, already fragile from a period of ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Wilson Asset Management's Geoff Wilson has encouraged investors to plan for the worst and hope for the best as central bank liquidity props up equity markets. However, he warns, "hope is not a strategy", and recommends investors accept that things ...