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HSBC appoints new head of global banking in Australia

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... clients to the cross-border business and investment opportunities that are rising from the continued globalisation of the Australian economy." HSBC forecasts that 80% of Australia's exports will land on Asian shores by 2020, while, in 2015 alone, Australia ...

Alternatives drove Permal and EnTrust marriage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... types are increasing alternatives. It's inexorable, whether it is US public plans or European insurance companies or Australian superannuation funds, the direction of travel is to increase alternatives - whether that's the hedge fund side or the less ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... sticky in the products that do meet their return hurdles," Macdonald said. "The robustness of big Australian financial institutions has stood the test of time. There is not the nimbleness which advantages the smaller player because they have big legacy ...

Global divesting institutions reach 500

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... governmental organisations (13%) and pension funds (13%). For-profit corporations account for 3% of the total. A total of 113 Australian institutions have joined the campaign, including some financial institutions such as Adelaide Bank, Bendigo Bank ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... years, superannuation has become interesting again," says Wade Matterson, senior consultant at Milliman's Australian financial risk management practice. Macro trends such as the aging population and baby boomers moving to retirement mean that the industry ...

PROFILE: BlackRock head of corporate governance Pru Bennett

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... experience with governance prior to some of the biggest corporate downfalls of the early noughties. Her journey began at Australian Airlines, which was bought by Qantas in 1992. At Qantas, she headed up investor relations, managing institutional relationships ...

Centrepoint's wealth business up 10pc

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... profit of $7.1 million for the last financial year, up 10% on the year prior. Announcing its full-year results to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Friday, Centrepoint also posted a net profit after tax of $5.9 million, up 78% on the previous ...

Macquarie advisers defect to start independent firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... of the growing number of high net worth clients," Wrightson said. Following an enforceable undertaking (EU) by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on MPW, a number of advisers and executives from Macquarie's wealth management ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... signed an open letter of support to marriage equality ahead of the Parliament vote, set to happen in two weeks' time. Australian Marriage Equality (AME), the organisation behind the campaign, will give the letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott on August ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... ethics relates to their day-to-day work. The program is overseen by a committee that includes representatives from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA), the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), Association of Financial ...