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Economic recovery has been stronger than expected: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... support one another," Lowe said. "Businesses have adapted quickly and innovated, with many making more progress on the digital front in a matter of months than they would have made in years." Lowe also praised the government's stimulus measures saying ...

Chances of CBA admitting to Essential Super wrongdoing "non-existent"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
Lawyers for Commonwealth Bank (CBA) and Colonial First State (CFS) in its ongoing case against ASIC have told the court the parties have no intention of admitting to any contraventions in relation to Essential Super and an alleged $22 million in conflicted ...

Rest expands member engagement team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Rest has appointed two senior leads to drive digital engagement and member insights respectively. Catherine Farrugia and Steven Ahn have joined the member engagement team. Farrugia joined in February as the new general manager of digital, responsible ...

Business investment slow to click into gear: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Phillip Lowe has expressed his concerns over the slow uptake of business investment in Australia, which he said is slowing economic recovery. Lowe said a durable recovery from COVID-19 requires a strong and sustained ...

Citi moves to double wealth business revenues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... clients. The announcement follows the closure of Citi's last physical branch in February 2020, as the global bank focuses on digital engagement for most banking interactions. Citi head of banking and wealth Gofram Chowdhury said despite customer preference ...

ERS disproportionately impacted women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... clear out their super savings entirely (14%) compared to men (12%). Rest also reported that the number of women using its digital finance tools quadrupled during the period. "The impact of the ERS on our female members is evident, as we saw the gender ...

OpenMarkets raises $10m, moves up ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... energy and capital flows in recent years, especially with the influx of online traders who want rapid access to markets via digital and more affordable channels," he said. "This type of access is exactly what we provide for partners like SelfWealth ...

Super assets hit record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... underperformers. MySuper's assets reached $812.2 billion, up 7.8%. The minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy Jane Hume said the balance is a clear indicator of the resilience of the superannuation system. "However ...

Capgemini names new managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... applications and technology, and operations and engineering, as a strategic business partner to clients to accelerate their digital transformation and help them get the future they want. O'Brien joins Capgemini from Deloitte, where she was the managing ...

Possible delay for SG rise: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia's National Policy Forum, minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy Jane Hume reiterated the findings of the Retirement Income Review whereby the current SG rate is more beneficial ...