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Beware the fintech Ponzi scheme

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... 900,000 investors defrauded of a staggering US$7.6 billion in funds. In total, Chinese investors were faced with various marketing campaigns of more than 4,000 P2P platforms, half of which closed their business, liquidated their assets and other partially ...

Former Olympian to lead investment house

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... He reports to executive chair Rob Coombe. Hackett previously held roles at BT Financial Group and Westpac, working in marketing, distribution and wealth management. Generation Development Group acquired Ascalon Capital Managers in late September from ...

Challenger appoints new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... six years Brian Benari steps down to retire. Replacing Benari is Challenger's head of distribution, product and marketing Richard Howes. Benari will step down from the board and retire as chief executive in January 2019. Howes is a long-time Challenger ...

Advice firm ramps up managed accounts play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... to meet growing demand for its managed accounts solution. Stanford Brown has appointed Phil Anderson to spearhead the marketing of its Lunar Managed Accounts, working with financial advice firms looking for a professionally managed portfolio service. ...

Former Australian cricket captain in crypto fail

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... investigations, problems consistently identified by ASIC included the use of misleading or deceptive statements in sales and marketing materials; operating an illegal unregistered managed investment scheme; and not holding an AFSL. Commenting on the ...

ASIC moves on Dollarmites

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... banking business of Australians by bringing them into the bank's fold at a young age. "The Dollarmites program uses slick marketing to target primary kids at school, turning them into long-term customers of a bad-value bank," CHOICE chief executive Alan ...

Firetrail calls off $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... million offer. Actual spend would have been lower at the $100 million plus raise. The boutique didn't hold back on marketing, buying strip ads in newspapers and online as recent as October 14. "Yes, there will be large sunk costs but the business ...

Ban Dollarmites: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... the program amount to commissions. CHOICE chief executive Alan Kirkland said the Dollarmites program is no more than a marketing campaign aimed at Australian children. "The Dollarmites program uses slick marketing to target primary kids at school, turning ...

Can Hollywood turn advice mainstream?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... can fend off competition is to treat each and every client as if they were a celebrity. The UK-based founder of OMG Marketing & Celebrity Service travels around the world giving business owners professional coaching on what a standout service level looks ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... Fidelity made two hires for the active ETF launch including a senior operations manager and an associate director, product marketing. It now has 113 people in Australia, seven of which were hired this year. Devoy says Fidelity is primarily eyeing an ...