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Banks to assess loan deferrals

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... executive Anna Bligh said: "The loan deferral measure offered to customers by Australia's banks has led to the largest ever customer contact process in the industry's history, with an additional 5000 new or redeployed staff working to ensure customers ...

Count Financial faces class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Westpac Bank, Securitor Financial Group and Magnitude Group. "Each of these institutions owed specific obligations to their customer designed to protect their customers' interests, and our claims will allege consistent and ongoing breaches of these ...

MTAA Super, Tasplan reveal executive lineup

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... best with their future endeavours." "We are excited about the future. This merger will allow us to provide the personal customer service benefits of a smaller fund while harnessing the benefits of scale a larger fund can bring," she said. This story ...

IOOF names licensee chiefs, acquires platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... Wealth Central is currently led by managing partner Nick Granville. Granville has previously served as national manager, customer strategy and loyalty at BT Financial Group and held senior roles at American Express. Wealth Central was founded by Tim ...

La Trobe launches new loan suite

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
Diversified wealth manager La Trobe Financial has launched a suite of a new loan products, which it says will help better meet shifting consumer needs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. La Trobe has launched three new products: an Everyday Heroes ...

COVID-19 propels advisers, incumbents into the future

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... change in financial advice delivery and the industry needs investment in digital transformation initiatives to meet rising customer expectations while continuing to attract new prospects, at scale and efficiently," he said. The report, he believes, is ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... over the next five years; Mineral Resources will be buoyed from the boom in iron ore prices; and Metcash will see more customer traffic in its subsidiary IGA as COVID-19 will force people to shop down the street. In terms of the worst-performing sectors ...

IOOF buys MLC Wealth for $1.4bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
Wealth manager IOOF has launched a $1 billion capital raising to help fund the acquisition of MLC Wealth in a deal worth $1.4 billion. The agreement follows the announcement by NAB in 2018 to exit the business, saying the decision is in line with its ...

New chief investment officer at Australian Unity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
The firm has hired a former Colonial First State Global Asset Management executive as its first standalone chief investment officer for its wealth and capital markets business. Dr Joe Fernandes will move into the role on September 7. He will have the ...

ASIC drops CBA investigation

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... had contravened the anti-money laundering act, including contraventions in risk procedures, reporting, monitoring and customer due diligence. At the time, CBA chief executive Matt Comyn apologised on behalf of the bank. "While not deliberate, we fully ...