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Macquarie announces new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... is currently a non-executive director at the group, and also holds board positions at NSW Treasury Corporation, the Australian Office of Financial Management, ALE Property Group and OzForex Group. Warne was also a director at the ASX and the Sydney Futures ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... surprising Virginia, the Fed was damned that it's going to do lift interest rates and now... damned that it didn't. The Australian Financial Review (AFR) this morning quoted director of research and senior managing partner at Penn Capital, Eric Green ...

Bankers see ASIC user pays model as burden

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) said that the government's proposal to implement a user pays funding model for the corporate regulator would increase "the cost burden on the Australian financial services industry." The ABA urged caution in ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... Asset Management executive director and global fixed income portfolio manager Sean Reynolds. The recent fall in the Australian dollar to 73 cents against the US dollar has closed the gap in the country's terms of trade, which have been declining due ...

Action plans for Indigenous super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... expectancy, they would be able to access their super at 53, giving them an average 22 years in retirement." The Australian Bankers' Association has also released its new Indigenous Statement of Commitment which outlines banks' efforts to address the ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA), SMSF Association, Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Australian Bankers' Association (ABA). It is governed by The Banking and Finance Oath (BFO), formed to reinforce the ethical foundation of ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... six months or, he was told, the business was doomed. More than 10 years later, the platform was still only set up for Australian dollars. "I learned a big lesson about how the objectives your organisation sets you are not as real or urgent as you might ...

Top bankers get together for pro bono venture

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... advisors using their skills to directly benefit the less fortunate." The initiative is supported by other well-known Australian families such as Paul Bassat, Suzi and Barry Carp, Peter Cooper, the Liberman family, Tracey Ryan and the Werdiger family. ...

PROFILE: PM Capital CIO Paul Moore

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... remembers. From there it was only a matter of time before he scored himself a role as an industrials analyst on the Australian equities desk. Showing aptitude and plenty of confidence, it wasn't long before he was presented with a career making opportunity ...

CCMC chief executive appointed as lead ombudsman

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... promoting professional standards and business ethics in the financial advice industry," the statement said. The Australian Bankers' Association commended Smith for her contribution as chief executive of the CCMC as she departs. ABA chief executive Steven ...