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Catholic Super bank implements Temenos

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... have the opportunity to expand into other products such as reverse mortgages via Catholic's ADI licence. Catholic Super's sale of the banking business followed its 2019 partnership with Equipsuper under an extended public offer. The combined trustee ...

Evergreen Consultants bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
Investment advisory Evergreen Consultants has made two key senior hires, including the addition of a funds management veteran. Michael Ohlsson, former chief executive of Supervised Investments, has joined Evergreen as a partner in the business and executive ...

QMV partnerships lead resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The national manager of strategic partnerships at QMV has left after five years with the Melbourne-based financial services consulting firm. Michael Wilcox joined QMV in May 2016, taking on responsibilities for promoting independent advice, delivery ...

Junk insurance lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... in late 2018 and 2019 found lenders had disappointingly not changed policies and conduct to stem harms from the design and sale of CCI. "As a result, we've commenced civil proceedings against Westpac," she said. Financial institutions and lenders have ...

Praemium expands distribution footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
Praemium has appointed two to its distribution team as it continues to build momentum on the back of acquiring Powerwrap. Shane Muscat was appointed head of strategic sales in March, while Dale Wright joins as senior business development manager. Muscat ...

Blake Grossman joins BetaShares board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... director at BetaShares. He was previously global chief executive of Barclays Global Investors/iShares from 2002 until its sale to BlackRock in 2009. Grossman then continued at BlackRock as vice chairman until 2011. "We are excited to welcome Blake to ...

Mercer names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
Mercer Pacific has appointed former Australian Unity manager Emily O'Brien as chief financial officer, taking over from David McKeown. O'Brien was general manager of commercial and structured finance at Australian Unity for over two years. She was previously ...

ASIC cracks down on binary options

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
ASIC has banned the sale of binary options to retail clients, effective from 3 May 2021. The decision comes after ASIC found that binary options have resulted in significant losses for retail clients. In 2018, ASIC estimated that net losses from retail ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Activity in China's manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors returned with a vengeance after a brief pause during the country's Lunar New Year holidays. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data show that China's manufacturing PMI rebounded ...

AMP names new chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... George has been at ANZ for over seven years as deputy chief executive and group executive wealth Australia, overseeing the sale of the business in 2018. She first joined ANZ as global managing director - insurance - ANZ Wealth. George was previously ...