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Natixis hires sustainable investing lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
Natixis Investment Managers has named a new global head of sustainable investing who joins from affiliate Mirova. Nathalie Wallace joins on September 1 and will be responsible for leading the fund manager's ESG commitments across its distribution ...

Former Millennium3 representatives cop ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
Two directors of North Coast Financial Services, a former authorised representative of Millennium3, have copped a ban from the corporate regulator. Timothy William Parry and Damian Garnet Price are forbidden to control a financial services business ...

Super, fund manager ASX dominance launches inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
Member of Parliament Tim Wilson will lead the charge to determine if big super's domination over the Australian sharemarket is stifling competition. This morning, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics announced the launch ...

New AIA advice unit names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
AIA Australia's newly launched advice business has named a chief executive to lead its efforts, as the life insurer brings some Commonwealth Financial Planning advisers into the fold. The life insurer has set up AIA Financial Wellbeing, led by Pina ...

BTFM, Asgard Capital fined $3m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
The Federal Court will force BT Funds Management and Asgard Capital Management to pay $1.5 million each for charging fees for no service and making misleading statements. Between September 2014 and August 2017, the court found that the companies harmed ...

Economic recap: Week to July 23

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
The Delta variant outbreak remained the focus of attention in Australia. The daily case of infections in Greater Sydney surged to 136 on Friday (July 23) - the highest number since the this year's outbreak - prompting the NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian ...

ASIC industry levy to increase

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
Financial advisers will need to fork out an extra 27% to pay the regulator's industry funding levy for the 2021 financial year. Advisers will pay $71.354 million in aggregate or $3138 on a per adviser basis plus a fixed amount of $1500 per licence ...

Victorian government agency hunts for fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
The Victoria government's LaunchVic is looking for a fund manager to run a $120million startup fund. The Victorian Startup Capital Fund (VSCF) is a fund-of-funds that was announced in the Victorian Budget 2020/21 and will invest in Victorian early-stage ...

Consultation opens for approved courses

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is taking feedback on new degrees and courses that should be recognised as prior learning. The consultation period, which opened on July 19 ends on July 30, is seeking to approve a number of several ...

First Sentier appoints head of people, culture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
First Sentier appointed a chief people and culture officer, reporting to chief executive Mark Steinberg. Melanie Halsey steps into the position, based in London. Halsey joins First Sentier on September 6. She was most recently executive vice president ...