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Finsia appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... and into the future. "Finsia will work with members, the industry and other stakeholders to ensure the Australasian financial services industry maintains its strength and reputation for the ongoing benefit of members and the broader community."

BlackRock publishes staff gender split

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... Investment and Capital Group also publish similar statistics. The breakdown the investment companies provided to the Financial Times showed that although women account for nearly half of their workforce, they often represent just 25% of senior executives. ...

Central bank Olympics - the race is on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... business confidence and consumer sentiment as well as to ensure smooth funding in foreign currencies by Japanese firms and financial institutions". Unlike the BOJ, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) did not blame Brexit for its decision to lower the ...

FIIG appoints head of middle markets

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... growth strategy in the middle markets segment. "This sector of the market under utilise fixed income as part of their financial and investment management strategies, mainly because they have been under serviced by the industry. Our aim is to fill that ...

NAB appoints independent customer advocate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... NAB's complaint process. Wolthuizen has more than 15 years' experience in Australia and overseas, joining NAB from the Financial Ombudsman Service (UK) where she held roles such as head of market affairs and ombudsman. From 2001 to 2005 she was a member ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... of the rating". Instead, Brexit could lead to "a deterioration of the UK's economic performance, including its large financial services sector". Similarly, Fitch Ratings downgraded the UK deom 'AA+' to 'AA', saying that the "uncertainty following the ...

Britons vote 'Adieu EU'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016

FIIG appoints former Wallaby to senior QLD role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... been an amazing growth story over the last 10 years and has established itself as one of the country's most respected financial services firms. "We have a great opportunity to continue that growth as we push further into the professional services and ...

Royal Commission won't hit banks where it hurts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... penalties for past misconduct may deliver justice to victims, the only way to change future behaviour at Australia's major financial institutions is to implement pro-competitive reforms that "level the playing field" for smaller banks. "The Financial ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... investors. "The current valuations on some sectors can't all be borne out. Safe haven stocks are defying gravity while financial stocks are implying GFC-type scenarios. This valuation mismatch cannot be sustained." Commenting on global fixed income ...