Q&As

Steven Larkin

Distribution specialist shares experience launching consultancy

Distributions specialist Steve Larkin spent years selling other people's products and services. Now he's... still selling other people's products and services but doing it through his own independent distribution service.

Davin Hood

The perfect number for a start up fund manager

Davin Hood started up the Cor Capital Fund with Tom Rachcoff in 2012, in the wake of the global financial crisis. The idea was to simply focus on what they were good at.

Stella Avramopoulos

Making sure no one falls through the cracks

Two in five Australians (42 per cent) have experienced negative changes to their employment as a result of the pandemic, according to research conducted by Roy Morgan for not-for-profit Good Shepherd.

Meaghan Victor

Hard work and relationships key to launching products during a pandemic

Meaghan Victor, head of SPDR ETF Asia Pacific distribution at Street Global Advisors, credits her tight-knit team's hard work during a crisis for getting their latest product launch off the ground so quickly.

Andrew Lockhart

Australia's corporate loan market still open for business: Q&A with Metric's Andrew Lockhart

Metrics Credit Partners recently launched the Metrics Direct Income Fund. Metrics managing partner Andrew Lockhart spoke to Industry Moves about the fund and why the corporate loan market is likely to prevail.

Lisa Darmanin

Finding the passion in directorship

Deputy chair of Vision Super and branch manager of the Australian Services Union, Lisa Darmanin, is passionate about change making and equity. She shares insights from her path to directorship and explains why reform of the system is now more important than ever.

Rocky Scopelliti

The Australian technological future

Futurist and technology evangelist Rocky Scopelliti shares insights derived from his new book, Australia 2030! - Where The Bloody Hell Are We, on ways that executives and directors can use the learnings of the past ten years to get ready for inevitable changes for the coming decade.

Peter Lock

How Heritage was named the "Best Bank in Australia"

When Forbes released the list of the best banks in the world, few would likely have tipped Queensland-based Heritage Bank to be among the best in the world and number one in Australia.

Vic Jokovic

A long list of fund managers looking to bring active funds to market

Vic Jokovic is chief executive of stock exchange Chi-X Australia. He is still cautious when it comes to COVID-19 and future valuations but he is also optimistic on the potential for more listed funds on Chi-X.

Alexandra Brown

Are advisers obligated to recommend sustainable investments?

Invest with Ethics founder Alexandra Brown believes that financial advisers are under and obligation to include considerations about sustainability when discussing investing with their clients.