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CBA cops $25 million for BBSW rigging

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
Commonwealth Bank will fork out $25 million to settle its bank bill swap rate rigging scandal, adding to the bank's pile of settlement payouts. CBA will acknowledge it "attempted to engage in unconscionable conduct in breach of the ASIC Act" while trading ...

QIC expands executive team, bolsters US footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
QIC has made several executive appointments locally and overseas in an effort to expand its US footprint and client base. Brian Delaney, who was executive director of strategy, clients and global markets, stepped into the newly created role of senior ...

Industry wants one-stop-shop professional body: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The financial services industry is voting in favour of one overarching professional body to oversee standards and codes of conduct, Financial Standard' latest spot poll shows. We asked readers to respond to the statement: Does the financial services ...

Fees for no service an old issue: AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
Responding to Royal Commission findings, AMP says its fees for no service issue is old news; preparation of a Clayton Utz report into the issue has been overstated; and its misleading representations to ASIC have also been overstated. The 28-page response ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
The US Federal Reserve's 1-2 May FOMC meeting was both expected and a non-event - it kept the fed funds rate target at 1.5%-1.75% and more or less cut and pasted the FOMC Statement at its 20-21 March meeting. Well, maybe less, for May's statement was ...

Nick Bolton back on ASIC radar

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
The former head of Keybridge Capital, whom ASIC banned from running a company in 2015, is being investigated by the regulator for allegedly acting as a "shadow director" of the company. Nick Bolton was previously Keybridge's managing director. He shot ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers decided to retain two financial advisers as members despite them receiving official banning orders from ASIC because the association didn't want to tarnish its reputation and engage in a legal battle. AFA chief ...

Chief economist update: Prudence, patience and persistence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The European Central Bank's (ECB) 26 April Governing Council meeting produced unchanged monetary policy settings yet again, marking the 26th month of inaction. The eurozone's interest rates haven't changed - repo rate at 0.0%; deposit facility at -0.40% ...

ClearView terminates agreement after takeover bid expires

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
After the 18-month window for a Japanese life insurer's takeover bid expired, ClearView terminated the co-operation agreement between the two parties. In October 2016, Sony Life agreed with Crescent Capital Partners to acquire a 14.9% stake in Clearview ...

ANZ, NAB bottom lines take a hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
ANZ and NAB painted a bleak profitability outlook for shareholders, flagging massive losses ahead of their 2018 half-year reporting period in early May. ANZ will incur a loss of $632 million from the sale of its life insurance, and pensions and investments ...