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CBA hit with fresh AML breaches by AUSTRAC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
The hits keep coming for CBA with fresh allegations of money laundering and counter-terrorism financing levelled by the regulator. In amended statement of claim released yesterday, AUSTRAC filed a further 100 alleged breaches of anti-money laundering ...

Australian hedge fund manager eyes bigger slice of NZ telco pie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
An Australian hedge fund manager has received court approval to acquire more than 10% of New Zealand's largest telecommunications company. L1 Capital, in respect of certain funds, has been granted approved by the New Zealand Crown to acquire a relevant ...

Fixed income specialist wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
Alpha Fund Managers has awarded a mandate to a specialist equity and fixed income boutique investment manager. Premium China Funds Management's Premium Asia Income Fund was selected for its ability to manage emerging market debt sector exposure and ...

A case for faster wages growth (or not)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) didn't disappoint market expectations when it conducted its last board meeting for 2017. The Australian central bank kept the official cash rate where it had been since August 2016, at a record low 1.5%. The December ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
"You can't make people be confident, I certainly can't. I've allowed the horse to come to the water with cheap funding. I can't make it drink." This was then RBA governor Glenn Stevens' statement to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on ...

OECD tells RBA to take a hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
"The economy will continue growing at a robust pace. Business investment outside the housing and mining sectors will pick up, with exports boosted as new resource-sector capacity comes on stream. The strengthening labour market and household incomes ...

Aurora CFO terminated as $1m vanishes from listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Aurora Funds Management has terminated the employment of its chief financial officer after $1 million was withdrawn from the bank account of a listed Aurora vehicle over the weekend. Terminated chief financial officer Betty Poon's involvement in the ...

Centrepoint launches new advice partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
Centrepoint Alliance has established a community of high performance advice firms comprising practices with aligned views on innovation and success. Centrepoint will be forming strategic partnerships with those firms in the Partner's Circle, which were ...

CountPlus appoints CFO after executive search

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
After former chief financial officer John Collier resigned from CountPlus in August, the accounting and wealth firm has confirmed his replacement. Laurent Toussaint will join CountPlus in January; acting chief financial officer will operate in the role ...

ASIC recoups $40m from NAB and ANZ

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
NAB and ANZ will pay ASIC $20 million each to cover investigation costs over the banks' participation in the setting of the bank bill swap rate (BBSW). On November 10, the Federal Court ruled that both banks had attempted to engage in "unconscionable ...