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Findex launches debt advisory business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
Findex has expanded into debt advisory services and appointed a former St George executive to lead the business. At St George, Ben Upton was industry lead for emerging markets, having been a senior business banking manager at NAB prior to that. Commenting ...

Advice fintech reshuffles leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
The managing director of an ASX-listed financial advice fintech is stepping aside and an interim chief executive has been appointed. Intiger announced managing director Mark Fisher will hand over leadership of the software developer to global head of ...

Second APRA deputy chair nominated

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
The prudential regulator has welcomed the nomination of an additional deputy chair and the reappointment of Helen Rowell. The Federal Government reappointed Rowell as APRA deputy chair with a new five-year term set to begin on July 1. The end of the ...

WAM CIO steps down from LIC board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
The chief investment officer at Wilson Asset Management is stepping down from his role as a non-executive director of a WAM-managed listed investment company. Chris Stott retired from the board of Century Australia Investments, which invests in the ...

ANZ sells NZ life insurance business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
ANZ has agreed to sell its OnePath Life New Zealand business to a US-based global insurer. Cigna Corporation will acquire OnePath Life for NZ$700 million, which ANZ said represents a "slight premium to embedded value and is expected to generate a gain ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
Geo-politics remain the talk of the financial markets as Trump's rolling circus again came to the fore with his flip-flop-flip over the US-North Korean summit - just a day after Trump cancelled the summit, he declared it back on again. Make what ...

State Street announces fixed income appointment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
The Sydney office of State Street is welcoming a fixed income lending trader from London. In an internal transfer, joining the State Street securities finance team in Asia Pacific is Robin Kidman. Kidman relocated from London for the job this month. ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... interest rate differential in America's favour and drive funds flow into the US dollar. Not only this, the prevailing geo-political uncertainties only serve to instigate safe-haven purchases of the US dollar. In turn, a rising US dollar will create ...

Fiducian acquires $35m planning business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
ASX-listed financial planning group Fiducian has acquired a practice with $35 million in funds under advice. The practice is based in South-East Queensland. Total consideration for the purchase is $330,000, and Fiducian said it will be funded by excess ...

Chief economist update: Wisdom of the crowd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... 2.3%; FTSE-100 up 2.1%; German Dax up 1.4%; Nikkei-225 up 1.3%; All Ords up 1.0%. This optimism was replaced with renewed geo-political concerns. The US-China trade deal remains up in the air. While both side of the negotiating table are making the right ...