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Aussie banks deliver record profits in FY23

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
Australia's major banks have achieved skyrocketing returns of $32.5 billion, up 14% from last year, driven by loan growth, margin expansion and the continued decline in notables. This year, profits exceeded the previous record set in 2017 at $31.2 ...

Wealth managers seek better data warehouse solutions: BNP Paribas

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
Wealth managers are increasingly demanding better ways to access and utilise data from their custodians and expect advances in artificial intelligence (AI) to make this possible, according to BNP Paribas. "They want to know what we know and what we ...

BNP Paribas to sharpen efforts down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
Having spent more than two decades working with super funds down under, BNP Paribas says it's spending more time focusing on the quality rather than the quantity of its partnerships. Speaking with Financial Standard, BNP Paribas head of institutional ...

Goldman Sachs appoints head of equity capital markets

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
Goldman Sachs has named Aaron Lamshed as its new head of equity capital markets (ECM) in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), as Ian Taylor steps down from the role. Lamshed joined the investment giant in 2014 as an executive director and was named managing ...

AMP challenges BOLR court ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
AMP is appealing the Federal Court's Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) ruling that determined in favour of AMP Financial Planning advisers who saw the valuations of businesses slashed by 40%. AMP filed a Notice of Appeal in the Federal Court yesterday ...

Josh Frydenberg takes over as Goldman Sachs chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
Goldman Sachs has appointed the former treasurer as the chair of its Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) business. In the new position, Frydenberg will focus on further deepening and strengthening client coverage across the ANZ region. He originally joined ...

Gender parity in funds management stalls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
New research reveals gender parity in global funds management has hit a standstill, with female representation barely moving the needle. Citywire's Alpha Female 2023 report showed an inconsequential increase in female fund managers, stagnating at 12.1% ...

NZ Super Fund secures stake in Euroclear

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
NZ Super Fund has acquired a 4.99% shareholding in Brussels-based Euroclear, a provider of essential financial markets infrastructure. With assets under custody totalling around €36 trillion and facilitating over €1 quadrillion in annual securities ...

Munich Re targets AMP over alleged reinsurance misconduct

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
AMP is facing legal action from global reinsurer Munich Re over potentially deceptive practices in past reinsurance arrangements. In a disclosure nestled within AMP's recent half-year results, it was revealed that AMP Limited and its subsidiaries, including ...

HSBC committed to local custody arm despite rapid decline in assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
Despite its local assets under custody and administration plummeting by more than 60% in the past six months, HSBC is adamant it's not going anywhere. The most recent statistics to come out of the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) show ...