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HSBC bails out Silicon Valley Bank UK

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... understand what led to the second biggest bank crash in its history. Overnight the Federal Reserve board announced that vice chair for supervision Michael Barr is leading a review, of the supervision and regulation of SVB, in light of its failure. "The ...

Hearts & Minds appoints chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... select and manage HM1's suite of Core and Conference Fund Managers and oversee HM1's investment portfolio," HM1 chair Chris Cuffe said. The fund managers he'll work with include Tribeca Investment Partners, Munro Partners, Caledonia Investments ...

US agencies act to prevent crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
... exposures to the Silicon Valley Bank failure. Early this morning, a joint statement from US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen, Fed chair Jerome Powell and Federal Deposit Insurance chair Martin Gruenberg announced all insured depositors in Silicon Valley ...

Court fines ANZ for dodgy introducer program

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
... ANZ has agreed that its Customer Fairness Advisor will conduct a review of its Home Loan Introducer Program." ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court commented: "By failing to have robust compliance and training processes in place, ANZ made it possible for third ...

TAL offloads dealer group to CountPlus

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... the financial year ending 31 March 2022. Marcus O'Sullivan, the head of Affinia, will support the transition, while chair Steve Helmich will be appointed to the Count Financial board following an approval. TAL group chief executive and managing director ...

Senate inquiry to scrutinise proposed franking credit rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... affects institutional investors who engage in off-market share buybacks, Jones said. In contrast, Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson said the Bill will mainly impact low-income earnings, SMSFs, and retirees. "The Australian government doesn't ...

US interest rates may go higher than expected: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
Interest rates may well be higher than previously anticipated following stronger economic data, said Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell before the House Financial Services Committee. Providing testimony yesterday, Powell explained the Fed will continue ...

AFA celebrates 10 years of Inspire

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... following the merger with the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Marking International Women's Day, Inspire NSW chair Amie Baker shared that the Inspire community got her through some difficult times in her career. "Inspire honestly changed ...

Women-led super funds outperform over medium, long run

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... the performance of 18 women-led MySuper products, being those with women in senior positions of fiduciary influence, like chair, chief executive or chief investment officer, or where the majority of trustees are women. The sample represents $450 billion ...

UBS names industry veteran as Australasia chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
The investment bank has appointed Lindsay Maxsted as its non-executive chair of Australasia. Maxsted steps into the position effective immediately and is based in Melbourne. He brings a wealth of corporate and board experience to UBS, formerly serving ...