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Afterpay coughs up $1.5m over US loans

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... 16, which agreed to pay more than US$300,000 in penalties and refunds. "In both cases, the DBO concluded purported credit sales made by the lenders' merchant partners were not bona fide but, rather, were structured to evade otherwise applicable consumer ...

Hermes handbags an emerging asset class for UHNWs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... investment agenda, a growing number of fledgling UHNWI collectors are making their first forays into the world of auction sales, which can be an art in itself."

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... slow, and the risk of a new wave of infections should not be neglected," he said. "However, as retail activity and home sales data are slowly returning to normal, fear of China's supply chain disruption could gradually recede. Unfortunately, this will ...

Vanguard insto head jumps to super fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... overseeing the fund's organic growth strategy. His role at Vanguard, is going to Adam Donohue, who has been an institutional sales manager at the investing giant. Willis will report to Peter Chun, who joined first state as its group executive member ...

Desktop Broker hires senior sales exec

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Adviser platform Desktop Broker has appointed a new senior sales executive who previously worked at Xplore Wealth and Powerwrap. Richard Carr will oversee Desktop Broker's new adviser support model in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia ...

Wells Fargo coughs up $4.5 billion

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... information, including their means of identification. Between 2002 and 2016, Wells Fargo encouraged employees to meet unrealistic sales goals through "cross-sell strategies"; leading thousands of employees to open new accounts and products for existing ...

Bell FG appoints director, releases FY results

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... raising $2.5 billion in new equity capital." These include the acquisition of two structured loans products and associated sales and product development teams from Macquarie Bank. The acquisition increased Bell Potter Capital's loan book to almost $550 ...

SSGA promotes local SPDR boss

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... our clients' needs, including simple, transparent and liquid investments." Meanwhile, the firm also appointed a senior sales manager for SPDR in former Challenger account manager Natalie Grey.

Argo Investments' profit plunges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... Eagers), DuluxGroup (taken over by Nippon Paint) and Incitec Pivot, and sold holdings in Milton Corporation and Nufarm. These sales and takeovers brought in $65 million for the investment company. Argo issued a cautionary yet optimistic outlook for the ...

AMP urged to mediate with advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... aftermath of the Royal Commission. She said hundreds of advisers are now bearing the brunt of brutal restructures and fire sales by banks and wealth funds. "We remain concerned about a number of behaviours that may include the conduct of lookback audits ...