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Fund manager strengthens alternatives capabilities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... for real estate, infrastructure and aviation debt through Ostrum Asset Management and Natixis' corporate and investment banking arm. Gwenola Chambon has been named chief executive of Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Mounir Corm will be named deputy ...

Commonwealth FP completes EU compliance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... end of May, ASIC received an attestation from Commonwealth Financial Planning signed by the group executive of retail banking Angus Sullivan and a final independent expert report from Ernst & Young. ASIC is satisfied with the attestation and expert report ...

Industry veterans recognised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... Honours list this weekend. The 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours included investment professionals, financial advisers, banking professionals and superannuation law specialists, recognising them for their contribution to the industry. ECP Asset Management's ...

Intrust launches micro-saving app

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... a house and more for retirement by launching micro-contribution tool SuperCents. SuperCents connects members' everyday banking accounts to their super to help top-up contributions. The technology behind the app, which is backed by Moneysoft and Link ...

Challenger funds management chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... Investment Partners and Fidante Partners. Saines was previously a group executive at Commonwealth Bank's institutional banking and markets business, instrumental in designing and implementing the group's total capital solutions strategy. "Ian led the ...

Zurich finalises OnePath acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... deal adds further complementary products and additional bancassurance distribution capacity in the region," he said. The banking group offloaded its life insurance arm for $2.85 billion in late 2017. At completion, Zurich owns 100% of One Path Life Australia ...

Industry wide pay cut for boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... 10% and 21% respectively. Governance Institute chief executive Megan Motto said: "It is clear that the effects of the Banking Royal Commission are already being felt by Australia's financial institutions, as shareholders and their boards move to act ...

NAB looks to boost fintech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... after they receive the proposals. The Alliance will allow fintech startups from around the world to access the global banking marketplace by providing the opportunity to collaborate with teams from three banks on three continents. The new initiative ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... has a large multiplier effect on the economy. It creates jobs in construction and other ancillary industries - legal, banking, furniture and white goods retailing, landscaping, etc. A reversal or even just a stoppage of the rising trend decline would ...

Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... resulted in over 90% of members agreeing to a resolution that will now see one of the largest mergers in the customer owned banking sector in recent times. The sector continues consolidate as it struggles to attain the necessary scale to meet market ...