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Report confirms failed CBA compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
An independent report by forensics firm KordaMentha has confirmed that the advice divisions of Commonwealth Bank (CBA) failed to implement consistent compensation programs under the regulator's surveillance. Following the report, CBA will need to contact ...

Big end of town to face Senate over bad advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... months. Nationals Senator John Williams said he specifically wants to ask ANZ about the 8,500 clients of the bank's advice division who did not receive yearly revisions and that are being compensated with $30 million. "I want to know what they are doing ...

JPM appoints Goldman Sachs managing director

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Sachs in 2004 and was named managing director in 2007. Previously he worked for eight years in the investment banking division of Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney in both New York and Sydney.

La Trobe reshuffles senior executive team

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... officer Randal Williams is now the chief lending officer and will be responsible for overseeing the real estate credit division. Replacing Williams as chief investment officer will be vice president Chris Andrews, with responsibility for running all ...

Midwinter launches scaled advice division

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Software provider Midwinter has set up a scaled advice division and appointed a former Fortnum Financial executive to lead the company's strategy in this area. Halie Samson will be head of scaled advice at Midwinter and was previously project manager ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... partners - South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, US, Australia, Germany. Not so according to the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department division chief, Steven Bartnett, who predicts China's economy to slow to 6.75% this year from 7.4% in 2014. ""We should welcome ...

Even simple funds pose risks: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... industry that is playing a rising role in the financial system. Chief at the IMF's global financial stability analysis division, Gaston Gelos, said attention to possible risks related to asset management is motivated by the growth of the industry, its ...

Ex-Macquarie division head takes new role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Insurance House has appointed ex-Macquarie Bank division director Jason Fereday as its new chief executive and managing director. The insurance broker appointed Fereday following the announcement that its current managing director, Wayne Hildebrand ...

Bland retires from IRESS

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... strategy and business development of international finance services Asia after being chief financial officer for the same division. Prior to CBA Harris worked with Arthur Andersen and Deloitte leading projects across the globe.

Former Wallaby Kearns resurfaces at insurance broker

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Former Wallabies captain Phil Kearns has been appointed managing director of corporate insurance broker InterRISK Australia, nine months after stepping down as chief executive of Centric Wealth. Kearns has over 10 years' experience leading financial ...