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HFA CFO departs after a month

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
The chief financial officer of ASX-listed hedge fund portfolio management holding company HFA is departing after a month at the firm. Henry Capra joined HFA in May as CFO and company secretary. Most recently he was head of custody and fund services ...

Regulatory sandbox exemption welcomed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... months (the 'regulatory sandbox' exemption) Commenting on the proposed changes, Alex Scandurra, chief executive officer of Stone & Chalk said that if implemented the changes would see Australia leading the world in fintech regulation. "Not many people ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
Here we go again folks! It's back on again. Yes Virginia, not unless you've spent all of last week touring Mars would you not notice that the US Federal Reserve had been busily preparing planet earth for another lift... as soon as next month and by ...

HFA appoints CFO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
HFA, the Australian parent of US-based fund manager, Lighthouse Investment Partners, has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO) and company secretary, effective 9 May 2016. Henry Capra will take on the roles and has extensive experience in the ...

Further fintech reform on cards

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... industry superannuation fund, self-managed superannuation and direct share accounts. Launching the fintech statement at Stone & Chalk yesterday, Morrison said the government's actions to support the industry already included: ensuring access to concessional ...

H2 Ventures scores Investec funding

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... established by brothers Ben Heap and Toby Heap in 2015 and recently launched the third round of its H2 Accelerator at its base in Stone & Chalk, Sydney's fintech hub. Investec Australia's David Phillips said the group believes in entrepreneurs and "we ...

Australia aims to be APAC fintech leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... fintech industry to immediately capitalise in a "booming" Asia-Pacific market. Morrison's tour delivered a $150,000 grant to Stone and Chalk's Fintech Asia program, as well as an announcement that Shanghai will become one of five global landing pads ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... disruption from technological innovation. Initiatives such as Westpac Garage, IAG Labs and Macquarie's support of innovation hub Stone & Chalk, according to Macdonald, show the big institutions are interested in what is emerging not just in the context ...

Nikko AM selects new reporting tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... Cornwell said the firm was thrilled to be working with one of Japan's largest asset managers, and sees this as a stepping stone to the Japanese market. "The latest VRS GUI is multilingual, including Japanese, enabling Vermilion to sell the solution globally," ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... hit. Third Avenue Management's high-yield credit fund shut down last Friday and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that Stone Lion Capital Partners has suspended redemptions in its credit funds. Commodity markets are the same......and are taking their ...