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Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Less than a fortnight from now, Philip Lowe celebrates his first anniversary as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) - succeeding Glenn Stevens on 18 September 2016. One thing that could be said about his first year stint as head honcho of ...

CBA class action moves forward

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
IMF Bentham today announced it will formally fund an open class action against the Commonwealth Bank relating to alleged breaches of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing laws. The class action will consist of shareholders who purchased ...

Independent director joins Westpac board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
Westpac appointed a technology and innovation expert as an independent, non-executive director to its board. With about 30 years of commercial and business management experience, Nerida Caesar will join the bank's board effective September 1. Caesar ...

ASIC links previously banned adviser to court proceedings

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
A previously banned adviser has been added to ASIC's proceedings against Wealth and Risk Management and its related companies following a successful Federal Court application. Joshua Fuoco, owner of WRM and its related companies Yes FP and Jeca (trading ...

Blue Sky partners for property investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
Blue Sky Private Real Estate entered into a joint venture to finance a 428-bed Adelaide student accommodation project. Working alongside Goldman Sachs and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) - the latter of which has committed debt finance of ...

RBI succumbs to low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates by 25 basis points - repo rate to 6% (the first reduction in 10 months and the lowest rate since October 2010) and the reverse repo rate to 5.75% (reversing the 25 bps hike announced only four months ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
The superannuation industry's failure to disclose evidence they have considered climate risk in their investment portfolios has left them vulnerable to legal action according to a financial services activist group. Analysis provided by Market Forces ...

New portfolio manager at IOOF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
IOOF announced the appointment of a new lead to manage its Australian equities portfolio. Paul Crisci replaces Dan Farmer, who recently became chief investment officer on July 1, and has also been managing the Australian equities portfolio since February  ...

Vanguard recruits former industry fund CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
The former chief investment officer for the Meat Industry Employees Superannuation Fund is now a senior investment specialist at Vanguard. Mary McLaughlin joined the fund manager in May, charged with providing insights into Vanguard's equities investment ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
In his interview with 'The Independent' earlier this month, the Bank of England's (BOE) MPC external member Gertjan Vlieghe cautioned: "This is an environment where a premature hike would be a bigger mistake than one that turns out to be slightly late." ...