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ING ramps up wholesale lending business

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... by 24% over the previous year, the bank's 2017 results show. Clients of ING's wholesale banking loans include the Sydney Metro Northwest, New Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Queensland's Clare Solar Farm. "We plan to keep growing our lending to the wholesale ...

ANZ considering IPO for subsidiary

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
ANZ is looking at an initial public offering for a New Zealand subsidiary, after an attempt to sell it to a Chinese buyer was blocked last year. The bank was set to sell UDC Finance to Chinese behemoth HNA Group for NZ$660 million when the NZ regulator ...

Centuria Capital appoints Macquarie veteran to board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
Centuria Capital has appointed Macquarie's former risk management division director to its board. Evelyn Horton joins the board while also serving as a director at MLC Superannuation Trustees, Motor Accidents Insurance, Mission Australia and the Tasmanian ...

Industry rolls out anti-sexual harassment ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
Amid the countless sexual harassment claims made against high-profile men coming to the fore, an exchange-traded fund that invests in companies championing women's rights in the workplace is due to launch in early 2018. The Impact Shares YWCA Women's ...

Males dominate ASX200 top job

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... in the Middle East. New South Wales remains the hub of the major companies, with almost half (47%) located in the Sydney metro area. The rest are based in Melbourne (27%), Brisbane (9%), Perth (9%) and Adelaide (3%). Only eight companies are based internationally ...

More clarity needed on NAB redundancies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
The Financial Sector Union of Australia is concerned with NAB's lack of detail provided around plans to cut almost 20% of its staff by 2020. The FSU responded to the news of planned job cuts by demanding urgent talks with NAB chief executive Andrew ...

FPA supports disadvantaged youths

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... financially disadvantaged, homeless or disabled. Grants were awarded to 14 charity organisations across Australia in regional and metro areas as supported by a local FPA member. Future2 chair Matthew Brown said the grants are a result of FPA members' ...

Industry fund and wealth manager finalise integration

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
Industry super fund First State Super is welcoming a new acting head of investment strategy as it transitions towards integration with recently acquired wealth management business StatePlus. StatePlus acting chief investment officer Michael Winchester ...

MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Global life insurer MetLife will cease to write individual insurance policies in the United States, having established a new firm to house its domestic retail life and annuity insurance divisions. MetLife received final regulatory approval from the ...

Family office takes asset manager stake to $55m

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
A prominent Australian family office entered into a placement with an ASX-listed asset manager, bringing its total investment to $55 million. The Lederer Group, founded by Primo Group chief executive Paul Lederer, made the placement agreement with Centuria ...