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Westpac director stands down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
A non-executive director at the big four bank has resigned from the board to focus on his health. Steven Harker joined the Westpac board in 2019 and was a member of the audit, board legal, regulatory and compliance and remuneration committees. "The ...

Two senior leaders exit Iress

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... commercial officer Michael Blomfield steps down after one year with the ASX-listed firm. He leaves effective immediately due to health reasons. "My time at Iress has been one of the highlights of my career. I am disappointed to have to step away at this ...

ASIC sues former Freedom Insurance staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... alleged conduct relates to the marketing and selling by Freedom Insurance of insurance products issued by Swiss Re Life and Health Australia, including final expenses cover (a type of life cover), accidental death cover and accidental injury cover. Some ...

Sally Loane resigns as FSC chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... here and overseas, regulators, politicians, government bodies, and important stakeholders like consumer bodies, mental health leaders and the medical community." She thanked current FSC chair David Bryant, former chairs Geoff Lloyd and Greg Cooper, the ...

Fed to ban policymakers stock, bond trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... faced public scrutiny in recent months over stock trades made during the pandemic. Rosengren retired on September 27 citing health reasons, while Kaplan resigned the same day and said the focus on his investment activities "risks becoming a distraction" ...

Pinnacle backs investment platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
Pinnacle Investment Management has made a $3 million cornerstone investment in OpenInvest. Melbourne-based fintech OpenInvest said it will use the funding to increase staff numbers to continue the roll out of its investment administration technology ...

Real Asset Management to list REIT, makes hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
The wealth and asset manager is set to list its essential services REIT and has appointed the former MA Financial Group head of technology as chief technology officer. After first f lagging the listing in December last year, the firm will list the RAM ...

New equities fund at Australian Ethical

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
Australian Ethical introduced a new high conviction fund to wholesale clients, investing in a range of sectors including local healthcare, renewables and technology stocks within the S&P ASX 300. The Australian Ethical High Conviction Domestic Equities ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... investment returns for members which they do by investing in job creating initiatives in Australia and supporting the ongoing health of the Australian economy." Scheerlinck reiterated that AIST does support disclosure of investment information, including ...

Students opt for healthcare over finance: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
A survey by the CFA Institute shows that more university students and new graduates want to work in healthcare and science than in finance. Out of the 1000 respondents who took part in the global survey, more Australians see themselves working in healthcare ...