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Two of the big four in ASIC spotlight

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
ASIC accepted enforceable undertakings from National Australia Bank and Commonwealth Bank of Australia following an investigation by the corporate regulator. The undertakings relate to the banks' wholesale spot foreign exchange businesses. ASIC determined ...

Government shelves ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
The Federal Government has unexpectedly terminated its sale of ASIC's registry. In a statement, Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann said that following a thorough evaluation of various private sector bids for the register, the process was cancelled. ...

ICG acquires major WA wind farm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
Infrastructure Capital Group completed a full acquisition of one of Western Australia's largest wind farms. The acquisition of the 55-megawatt, 22-turbine Mumbida Wind Farm brings ICG's Energy Infrastructure Trust to $1.2 billion in assets, representing ...

Tribeca expands natural resources investment team

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
Tribeca Investment Partners made two new appointments to its global natural resources team. Michael Orphanides and James Eginton join Tribeca as investment analysts, and will be based in Sydney. They will report to portfolio managers Ben Cleary and ...

Charter Hall director resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
A Charter Hall non-executive director resigned shortly after chief financial officer Paul Altschwager's departure. Peter Kahan joined the Charter Hall board in 2009 and became a member of the group's remuneration and human resources committee, the nominations ...

ClearView partners for platform overhaul

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
ClearView partnered to overhaul its legacy general ledger platform and replace it with a cloud-based solution that provides real-time data for clients. With the help of KPMG, ClearView replaced its legacy software, and seven years of data, with Oracle ...

Legg Mason creates national role in Sydney expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Tying in with its Sydney expansion, Legg Mason created the new role of national key account manager. The new position, which has yet to be filled, will report to head of sales Beau Titchkosky. Whoever takes the role will oversee Legg Mason's Sydney ...

Centrepoint sells funding business for $20m

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Centrepoint Alliance sold its Premium Funding business following a strategic review. The business has been sold to the Finance subsidiary of the Bank of Queensland for a total consideration of $20 million. BOQ said the business was appealing due to ...

Life insurers complacent on Big Data

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
The lack of urgency displayed by life insurers in relation to adopting Big Data is unsustainable, a new report suggests. The MLC/Financial Services Council Big Data in Life Insurance report is based on data analysis and in-depth interviews with C-suite ...

REST launches online financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
REST Industry Super will now deliver online personalised financial advice to its members via a new partnership. Partnering with Midwinter, REST has launched the REST Advice Online platform, based on Midwinter's AdviceOS system. It will allow members ...