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BEAR has 'teeth': Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
Bank executives and directors who breach their obligations under the Banking Executive Accountability Regime will face much tougher penalties and consequences, Treasurer Scott Morrison warns. Morrison told the Financial Services Council and BT Political ...

Janus Henderson recruits credit strategist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
Omega Global Investors' head of portfolio management will join Janus Henderson Investors in the New Year. Joining the Australian Fixed Interest team as a credit strategist, Shan Kwee will commence in the new role from January 2018. Kwee will focus on ...

ECB schedules taper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The European Central Bank's (ECB) October monetary policy meeting ended financial market speculations over its QE exit strategy. ECB president Mario Draghi did what he telegraphed he would -- discuss QE unwind strategy in October - and offered something ...

FASEA announces first focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will first work on developing a framework for accrediting providers of approved degrees for new industry entrants. Following its October board meeting, FASEA released the structure of the degree requirement ...

Australian Unity restructures for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
Australian Unity streamlined its business, including changes to management, as part of a transformation program to capitalise on its growth and to better meet customer needs. The company has created three individual divisions focused on the needs of ...

Crestone names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
The former chief economist at UBS Australia is Crestone Wealth Management's new chief investment officer. Regarded as one of Australia's leading investment experts, Scott Haslem will lead Crestone's investment team as of January 2018, replacing David ...

UniSuper builds equities team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
UniSuper named two senior hires to help bolster its in-house investment management capabilities. Matt Spence, who joins the super fund as a senior analyst for infrastructure, was formally the head of infrastructure, utilities and transport research ...

Former NZ Prime Minister joins bank board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
ANZ Bank New Zealand appointed the country's former Prime Minister as chair. Sir John Key replaces John Judge, who will retire as chair in January next year, a position he's held since 2012. Judge joined the board in December 2008 as an independent ...

Fee models an art, not a science

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Less than three months remain until the Life Insurance Framework becomes commonplace for advisers and experts say there's still time to review or reconsider advice pricing options. The AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference will hear from four industry ...

Intrust offers more premium reductions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Intrust Super will also reduce life and total disability insurance premiums shortly after it dropped income protection premiums by as much as 12%. The discount will impact the fund's life and TPD premiums across three products: Core MySuper, Executive ...