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Actuaries Institute chief resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... voice as a public policy advocate on key reform issues affecting Australian society and our economy such as those in the banking, insurance, health, big data, tax and superannuation/retirement incomes sectors," Lyon said.

NAB launches customer chatbot app

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
NAB is ramping up its virtual assistance technology with the launch of a new customer banking voice-based app. Customers owning a smartphone with Google Assistant or a Google Home device can use the Talk to NAB app to ask general banking questions such ...

Derivatives specialist opens Sydney office, appoints Australia head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... deliver our ever-expanding range of risk management solutions to our growing key client segments across asset managers, banking, commercials, hedge funds and proprietary trading," Duffy said. CME managing director and head of Asia-Pacific Christopher ...

TH Real Estate appoints head of debt from CBRE

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... was managing director of Moss Capital, Bamford Partners and Ashe Morgan Winthrop. He was also chief executive, eastern banking at Bankwest and was previously a non-executive director of BBRC Funds Management. Priestley's new role will see him manage ...

BT Financial Group merges wealth businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... exceptional results in their respective divisions. "Under Jane's leadership, BT Private Wealth has become the number one private banking business in Australia and she has previously led advice teams at some of Australia's best known wealth businesses ...

Digital assets overlooked in estate planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... University of Adelaide found. The survey found the 1000 participants predominantly own social media accounts, emails and banking records. Digital assets also include iTunes accounts, medical records, domain names, online businesses and bitcoins. This ...

Big four ditch ATM withdrawal fees

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... "Australians have complained for some time about being charged fees for using another bank's ATM," CBA group executive, retail banking services Matt Comyn said. "We have been listening to consumer groups and our customers and understand that there's ...

BEAR cracks down on executive pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
The Banking Executive Accountability Regime draft legislation could force banks to defer a large portion of executives' remuneration if they breach accountability obligations. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Banking Executive Accountability and Related ...

AIA acquires CBA life insurance businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... divestment is anticipated to release about $3 billion of common equity tier 1 capital and result in a pro forma uplift to the banking group's FY17 CET1 ratio of about 70 basis points on an APRA basis. It is also expected to result in an indicative after ...

Lack of expertise driving down competition: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... is eight less than a year ago and half the number recorded in 1999. On top of this, APRA said, return on equity for the banking industry for the 12 months to June 30 was 11.7%, lower than the 10-year average of 13.4%. "All else being equal, increasing ...