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Capital not enough to prevent failures

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
A lone reliance on capital is an "unwise strategy", according to APRA chair Wayne Byres who said the industry must accept and prepare for failures in the banking industry. Speaking at the Actuaries Institute Banking Conference Byres noted that while ...

Yellen speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
It's live! It'll be one of those Septembers to remember. This, Virginia, is if you believe many (not most) of the post-Jackson Hole commentaries that littered world wide web dissecting US Fed Chair Janet Yellen's words. She said so many things, so many ...

Futuro completes restructure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Futuro Financial Services has completed a 12 month restructure of its wider business and executive team. The restructure has seen Dennis Bashford step aside as managing director and into the role of executive chair. Bashford has now fully handed over ...

Super industry bodies unite over adequacy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
Four superannuation representative groups are uniting to lobby the federal government to alter the proposed objective of super so it includes the concept of retirement adequacy. In a letter to Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
AOFM to buy back short-dated bonds The commonwealth government is restructuring part its bond portfolio debt by offering to buy-back short-dated Treasury Bonds and swap them into other durations. The Australian Office of Financial Management said this ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
NZ to require home buyers to have 40% deposit In response to surging New Zealand property prices, NZ banks have tightened the screws on buyers by decreasing the maximum loan-to-valuation ratios. Industry regulations require buyers to have 30% deposit ...

Evans and Partners expands investment team

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
Evans and Partners has appointed a senior research analyst and research analyst to their international equities team. Joining established team members Stephen Arnold and Nick Cregan, James Hannam joins as a senior research analyst and Will Dowd as a ...

Former adviser charged with fraud

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
A former financial adviser and accountant has been charged with multiple counts of fraud involving approximately $800,000. Satvir Birk, of Reedy Creek, appeared in Southport Magistrates Court charged with five counts of fraud, carrying a maximum penalty ...

Pan-Tribal makes key accounts hire from BT

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Pan-Tribal Asset Management has appointed a new key account manager for New South Wales. Mark Aufderheide joins Pan-Tribal from BT Financial Group, where he was a key account manager. Prior to that, he spent 19 years at Asgard after holding several ...

NAS selects StatPro Revolution

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) has appointed StatPro Revolution as its new performance and risk analytics reporting platform. StatPro is a global cloud-based platform, providing analysis of portfolio performance, attribution, risk and compliance. The multi-asset ...