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Pendal profits tumble 25%

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
Pendal reported $116.4 million or 25% lower net profit after tax in the year ending September, even as inflows started to pick up in the last three months. The figure includes its seed investments' movements which were marked-to-market. If it weren't ...

RBA, CBA, NAB partner for wholesale currency

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced a partnership with a consortium of financial institutions and a blockchain technology company to develop a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) using distributed ledger technology (DLT) for settlement. ...

Crestone revenue up 12% to $120.5m

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... million to $120.5 million was driven by Crestone's total assets rising 9% to cross $20 billion in the year. New client money (on net terms) doubled to $1 billion in the year, which the firm attributed partly to the addition of nine advisers. The firm ...

Westpac profits down on AUSTRAC fine

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
Westpac has reported a "disappointing" full year result with statutory profit down a staggering 66% as a result of the ongoing pandemic and its anti-money laundering fine. Statutory profit decreased $4.94 billion to$2.29 billion while cash earnings ...

Insight Investment Australia grows team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The $1.3 trillion global investment manager Insight Investment has appointed a new investment specialist based in Sydney. Ben Ereira joins the team, working with clients on currency and equity risk management solutions. Ereira spent 15 years at Principal ...

Westpac settles two class actions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
Westpac has agreed to settle two separate class actions relating to anti-money laundering breaches and rate rigging initiated in the US for undisclosed amounts. The bank settled the action filed by Rosen Law Firm relating to its failure to monitor financial ...

ANZ sees profits plummet, plans to exit thermal coal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
ANZ has felt the wrath of the pandemic, reporting a 42% loss on cash profit in its full year results as it tries to protect itself from future credit losses. It has also updated its climate policy, saying it will exit thermal coal by 2030. The bank's ...

ASFA proposes MySuper test

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is suggesting an alternative one-off test to weed out underperforming default funds in place of the government's recent proposals. ASFA's Lifting the Bar proposal will examine MySuper products and ...

ANZ flags earnings hit

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
ANZ has announced a $528 million impact on its cash profit as a result of remediation costs, accelerated software costs and goodwill write off. Following a product review across ANZ, remediation charges have been increased $97 million from the first ...

Federal Court freezes investment scam, winds up SMSF operator

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
The Federal Court has frozen the funds of a suspected investment scammer and ordered the winding up of two unlicensed financial services businesses, upon referral from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The Federal Court has ...