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Hayne targets superannuation employer connections

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne took a hard-line against hawking superannuation products and the practices of "treating" employers in his final Royal Commission report. Hayne wants the hawking or unsolicited offer of superannuation products to be prohibited ...

Royal Commission on social media: Executives grilled

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
As the Royal Commission turned its attention financial services executives this week, commentators took to twitter to have their say. The evidence in the Royal Commission skillfully examined by star QC Rowena ORR is stunning. Board requested former ...

CBA fires up over Dollarmites criticism

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
Commonwealth Bank has responded to widespread criticism of its longstanding Dollarmites program. Executive general manager of the bank's retail arm, Mark Jones said CBA is proud of its school banking program, which has been running now for 87 years. ...

Global manager hires former Wallaby, launches unit trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
A former Australian rugby union centre is joining a UK-based equities manager as its managing director for Australia. The firm is also launching an Aussie-based global equities unit trust seeded with $130 million from an industry superannuation fund. ...

Bank distribution head goes green

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... Dimensional Fund Advisors and Macquarie Group. He also serves on a number of boards, including the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians, Doctors Health Service and The Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia. Brennan described his ...

FinTech Australia appoints former Uber policy head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
FinTech Australia is welcoming a new chief executive. Brad Kitschke joins FinTech Australia having previously served as a consultant specialising in technology, public policy and regulation. He was previously head of communications and public affairs ...

Royal Commission bad for super: Switzer

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Switzer Group founder Peter Switzer argued that the Royal Commission is a "super-killing blood-sport" that will ultimately hurt super member balances. Writing in a Switzer Daily column, Switzer said he had mixed feelings about the Commission, arguing ...

Chief economist update: Back to the shops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
The US consumer is back...and with a vengeance. Retail sales rebounded by a higher than expected 0.6% in the month of March following three consecutive months of declines - 0.1% in December, -0.2% in January, -0.1% in February - that took the annual ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe must be sporting a smile on his lips for just a day after the Board met on the April 3, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest report on retail spending and...it was good. The ...

School holidays require prudent financial planning: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
Parents forked out $1.1 billion over the summer school holidays, leaving many without a budget financially stressed, a new survey shows. Research from the Commonwealth Bank found children tend to ask parents for money eight times more compared to regular ...