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Open Banking gets another shot in parliament

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
The Morrison Government is reviving its Consumer Data Right bill - which includes the Open Banking changes that would give consumers access to and control of their own financial data. The bill was reintroduced to Parliament and read today. Treasurer ...

NAB names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
NAB named a former Commonwealth Bank executive as its new group chief executive and managing director. Ross McEwan will take over the top job no later than April 2020, the group announced today. McEwan has been chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland ...

ISA lays out $416bn super saving plan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
The peak body for industry superannuation wants to see workers' retirement savings follow them from job to job by automatically rolling over into a single fund. Laying bare its plan to save $416 billion in retirement savings, Industry Super Australia ...

APRA forced to overhaul culture, capabilities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
The prudential regulator has been criticised for its poor culture, leadership and regulation of the superannuation sector following a landmark review that will force it to overhaul its entire structure. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

OnePath receives first Life Code sanction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
OnePath is the subject of the first sanction to be issued by the Life Code Compliance Committee for failure to stop selling a non-compliant product and remediate customers by an agreed deadline. In July 2017 OnePath self-reported its ANZ Loan Protection ...

Managed investment scheme operator AFSL canned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The Australian financial services licence of a Sydney-based managed investment scheme operator was cancelled by ASIC. The corporate regulator cancelled the licence of Australian Mutual, which operated a number of investment schemes. The cancellation ...

Association names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association will welcome a new chief executive at the end of August. SAFAA chief executive Andrew Green announced his intention to step down at the association's recent annual conference. Succeeding him will ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
"Such a feelin's comin' over me There is wonder in most everything I see..." - Karen Carpenter Not long now - just less than a percentage away (0.8% to be exact) - and the All Ordinaries index would top the all-time high of 6,853.57 points it ...

Open banking reforms a boon for fintech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
With the new open banking regime now in effect, fintechs are set to reap the rewards of data sharing. As of July 1, the big banks are now required to share generic product data as part of the government's phased timeline for the introduction of open ...

Private wealth firm adds partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
Cardena Private Wealth has promoted a long-serving financial adviser to partner. Tom McDonald was named partner after joining the Sydney-based firm more than 10 years ago. Prior to Cardena, McDonald was also a financial adviser at Arrive Wealth Management. ...