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BOQ completes acquisition of specialist Investec business

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
BOQ has officially completed its acquisition of Investec Australia's professional finance and asset Finance & leasing businesses. The asset finance & leasing business will merge with the existing BOQ Finance team. "This acquisition expands our business ...

Brogden rejects cross-selling enticement fears

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
Banks would not legally be able to offer incentives to business bank clients to entice them into their MySuper products, the Financial Services Council has said. The statement came in response to claims from Industry Super Australia that, in the event ...

FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) review of default superannuation will cost $400 million and throw the superannuation of 2.25 million Australians into "turmoil", the Financial Services Council (FSC) has claimed. The FSC's claims come on the back of a ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... percent for some time". But this is also good, it's better than negative. However, if the BOJ's latest survey on business bank loan demand is any indication, it's likely for consumer prices to start heading south again. The BOJ's quarterly survey of ...

What happened to the ISA-FSC accord?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... of distribution. The bank-owned retail funds are eager for this to happen, as they will be able to target their business bank customers with their MySuper products. Whiteley, however, has hope that the system as it stands will remain. "My instinct is ...

Sunsuper prepares for end of super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... reported that, in the event that super is taken out of awards, both BT and Colonial First State intend to use their business bank connections to gain new employers for their MySuper products. When asked whether he was concerned about this apparent distribution ...

Westpac appoints national Agribusiness GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
Westpac has appointed a senior business banker to the role of national general manager for its agribusiness operation. Steve Hannan will take over Graham Jennings, who retired from the role of general manager of the agribusiness operation in March. ...

PROFILE: netwealth head of advice Simon Micallef

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
Business and soccer have been parallel careers for netwealth head of advice Simon Micallef, and he has been moving swimmingly from one to another. But despite his love of the worldA game, he admits to Laura Millan that Australia will get its financial ...

BT to manage $1.2 billion for People's Choice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
BT will manage $1.2 billion in funds under advice from member-owned financial institution People's Choice Credit Union. The credit union was previously working with multiple platform providers and individual fund managers and made the decision to look ...

Brogden reveals thinking behind FWC legal challenge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
The Financial Services Council's (FSC) decision to challenge the constitutional basis of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) Expert Panel in the Federal Court is part of a strategy to "damage the credibility of the process", FSC chief executive John Brogden ...