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Challenger duo joins Allianz Retire+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
Allianz Retire+ has appointed two Challenger executives to the newly created role of head of group retirement solutions, client delivery. Catherine van der Veen and Lucy Foster will share the position, managing client relationships, onboarding key partners ...

Centrepoint Alliance acquires Financial Advice Matters

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
Centrepoint Alliance has entered into a binding agreement to purchase 100% of Brisbane-based financial advice firm Financial Advice Matters Group (FAM). Centrepoint Alliance said the transaction, subject to the fulfilment of closing conditions, should ...

Base rate lifts to 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked the cash rate to 4.35% as it continues to grapple with subduing inflation. RBA governor Michele Bullock yesterday pushed up the base rate by another 25 basis points, saying that while inflation in Australia ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... emissions possible during this time. Lawyers, activists and interest groups have labelled this proposed phase-in approach a "ban" on private litigation, with concerns from climate organisations that the proposed three-year phase-in would be "dangerous." ...

Future Fund exposed to dangerous Chinese investments: Opposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
The Future Fund holds stakes in over 50 Chinese companies with links to human rights abuses and national security threats, associated with the People's Liberation Army, involved in the oppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and invested in sanctioned ...

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 ...

Sterling Income Trust executives charged

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Three directors connected to the Sterling Income Trust are facing criminal charges over the collapsed property investment and management group's schemes. Sterling Group founder Raymond Jones and associate Simon Bell have each been charged with 11 counts ...

Westpac reports $7.2bn profit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Soaring interest rates bolstered Westpac home and business loan books which ultimately saw the bottom line jump by 26% to $7.2 billion. The major bank's full-year performance to September reaped from $70 billion worth of home loans that transitioned ...

Government must revise infra pipeline: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said the government has some tough calls to make regarding the nation's infrastructure pipeline as part of its plan to regenerate the economy. Following Labor's review of its multibillion-dollar Infrastructure Investment ...

Macquarie appoints Byres, half-year results decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
Former APRA chair Wayne Byres will join the board of Macquarie Bank as the latter releases half-year results that are "substantially down" compared to this time last year. Byres is set to join as a non-executive director on 1 February 2024. Byres left ...