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TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... Association Green Bond Principles; has received external verification from EY; and has been certified by the Climate Bond Initiative. For some context, the NSW bond release raised six times more than the Victorian Government's $300 million release ...

Ganis brings the changes at YBR

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
Yellow Brick Road made a raft of personnel changes to support the strategic initiatives of new chief Frank Ganis. The firm is welcoming aboard a new head of its RESI lending arm in Macquarie Group's Michael Abboud, as Ganis looks to "breathe new life" ...

Banks must reshape to survive compliance and technology crunches

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
KPMG and EY highlight Australia's big four banks must balance ongoing compliance costs with continued spending in technology or face being left behind when it comes to innovation. In their post FY18 analysis of Australian bank results, KPMG and EY point ...

NAB signals more bad advice remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... cost also remain uncertain. Furthermore, NAB's wealth advice remediation administered via its Customer Response Initiative review relating to inappropriate advice dating back to 2009, is still underway. It flagged it will incur more costs but was ...

Treasury delays CIPR timetable

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... Treasurer Stuart Robert announced two major updates to the proposed Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs) initiative, one of which is giving superannuation trustees more time to get retirement income strategies in order. Robert told a ...

Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
The Productivity Commission has taken a deeper dive into insurance inside superannuation and cast doubt into the sector's ability to help the Government alleviate social security payments. Releasing a supplementary paper to its May draft report ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... investment managers divest tobacco from portfolios and encourage others to follow suit, a Financial Standard poll shows the initiative has a mixed effect on investors. The survey, which asked what best described the growing momentum of tobacco divestment ...

Early release of super, FHSSS gaining traction: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... Trustees (AIST) Chairs' Forum last week that since the ATO was tasked to advance the early release of super, the initiative has been fully operational. In February 2018, Treasury released draft legislation to allow the ATO to facilitate the early ...

ASIC moves on Dollarmites

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
ASIC is set to review banking and financial literacy programs in Australian primary schools, including Commonwealth Bank's recently criticised Dollarmites program. ASIC said school banking programs are supposed to educate young Australians about the ...

Macquarie boss joins climate change commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... Macquarie's chief executive designate Shemara Wikramanayake has been named a commissioner for a global climate change initiative, alongside Bill Gates and Ban Ki-Moon. The Global Commission on Adaptation was launched at The Hague yesterday with the ...