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Dealer service provider adds former MLC advice firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... strong and experienced partner." LaVista said it has added 30 AFSLs in two years, as more advisers leave the big institutions to set their own shops and seek a licensee support solutions provider. Its other recent additions include two former Financial ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... roadmap was developed by working groups of more than 140 participants from over 80 organisations, including financial institutions, civil society, academia, regulators and government, and supported by APRA and ASIC, in observer roles. "I think the process ...

AFCA pivots to member experience

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... advocates and community organisations, and is in conversation with the boards of some of Australia's largest financial institutions," he said. In its two years of operation, the ombudsman has received more than 153,000 complaints and resolved around ...

Barrenjoey Capital hires from FIIG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... senior positions in the financial services industry. Prior to FIIG she was credit officer, hedge funds and financial institutions at UBS and associate director and senior analyst at Westpac Institutional Bank. She also held several analyst roles at Macquarie ...

COVID-19 spurs proactive investing: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... too high and 48% say the industry lacks transparency. More than half believe the bad news they hear about financial institutions in the press. Many are also frustrated with the lack of understanding. The country's financial education gap remains ...

SASB appoints Australian advisor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... Pacific region." So far this year, SASB has gained support from the Future Fund and Cbus, as well as international institutions such as Dai-ichi Life and Temasek. Australian companies currently disclosing SASB metrics include Westpac, BHP and Transurban. ...

Channel Capital in management buyout

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... responsible entity services to a limited set of funds managed or advised by its partner firms as well as a select group of institutions. With Channel, Kudu will have 14 affiliated firms that collectively manage or advise approximately US$75 billion on ...

Fintech hires in Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... "Jason is key to expanding our open banking support and delivering solutions internationally, enabling financial institutions and fintechs to provide the innovations necessary to help their customers achieve financial wellness." O'Shaughnessy is based ...

RBA, CBA, NAB partner for wholesale currency

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced a partnership with a consortium of financial institutions and a blockchain technology company to develop a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) using distributed ledger technology (DLT) for settlement. ...

T. Rowe Price adds to intermediary team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... range of investment strategies. Boscacci will be based in Melbourne and report to relationship manager for financial institutions Shane Zabiegala. The intermediary team is responsible for supporting financial advisers across Australia and New Zealand ...