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Hostplus appoints business growth, acquisition lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
The industry fund has hired from Cbus to fill the role of head of business growth and acquisition. Effective this month, Lee Sammartino has been appointed to the role, joining from Cbus where he was head of corporate growth. Sammartino has also previously ...

Fraud charges laid over unlicensed scheme

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Former Perth unlicensed investment scheme boss Chris Marco has been charged with 50 counts of fraud and is due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on Friday. The charges follow ASIC's investigation which alleged that, between July 2013 and October ...

Draft changes to super disclosure rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
The government has released for consultation, draft regulations outlining changes to disclosure requirements for superannuation annual members' meeting notices. Minister for financial services Stephen Jones' office said: "To support members ...

HESTA hires high profile economist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
HESTA has appointed high profile economist Annette Beacher as an investment manager and market strategist. Beacher has spent two decades as a market economist for international investment banks, working in Australia and Singapore. Most recently, she ...

Celsius latest casualty in crypto crash

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
Celsius Network has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy making it the latest victim of the crypto crash. In a statement, Celsius said it has filed with the Court a series of customary motions to allow it to continue operation. These "first day" motions ...

LGT Crestone hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
LGT Crestone has hired Amanda MacDonald as head of sustainability, joining from Perpetual Private. MacDonald reports to LGT Crestone Wealth Management's deputy chief investment officer Kevin Wan Lum. She is tasked with managing LGT Crestone's ...

Equity Story plans to throw finfluencers a lifeline

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
Equity Story Group has acquired news and arts media company A Rich Life, and plans to throw 'finfluencers' a lifeline after ASIC's recent crackdown by giving them the option of continuing to influence with the coverage of an AFSL. A Rich ...

Performance test expansion paused as government announces review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Treasury has halted the extension of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test beyond MySuper products for 12 months while conducting a review of the laws. Minister for financial services Stephen Jones announced that the review will commence ...

Julia Lee pops up at State Street

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Julia Lee, one of Australia's most popular financial commentators, has landed at State Street Global Advisors SPDR as an equity investment strategist for the Asia Pacific. Lee - who joins from Burman Invest, which she founded and served as investment ...

ASIC takes Lanterne Fund Services to court

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
ASIC has issued civil penalty proceedings against wholesale licensee Lanterne Fund Services, saying it operated with almost no compliance staff or risk management processes. The regulator alleges that Lanterne has on multiple occasions failed to meet ...