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AMP continues goals-based advice focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... favourable domestic and global thematics including the mandated growth of the Australian superannuation system, a growing banking market and the structural increase in demand for investment yield as the world's population ages." "The strategy is focused ...

Women in Super names 2017 scholarship winners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... the winners and acknowledged WIS and AGSM for facilitating the programme. "One thing I've carried through my career in banking and in my public life is the importance of really knowing the substance of what you're dealing with, being an expert in your ...

Senior executives sworn to secrecy over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... now become a secret tax - one that will raise more than $6 billion over the next four years and profoundly impact the banking sector, customers and shareholders. "A totally unacceptable public policy process has gone from bad to worse. This is likely ...

Barclays refunds US$97m for overcharging clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
Banking and financial services giant Barclays Capital has agreed to refund $97 million to clients for misrepresenting services and overcharging advisory and mutual fund fees. An investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission found Barclays ...

J.P. Morgan appoints new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... Morgan's local chief executive Rob Priestley has stepped down after 15 years in the top spot. Head of global investment banking Paul Uren will replace Priestley as chief executive for J.P. Morgan Australia and New Zealand. Priestley joined the firm 23 ...

Treasury responds to ABA derision over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... not support it. The levy is not just on banks, it is a tax on every Australian who benefits from, and is part of, the banking industry. This includes NAB's 10 million customers, 570,000 direct NAB shareholders, those who own NAB shares through their ...

CBA backs financial counselling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... scholarships over the next decade to encourage more people to study financial counselling. CBA group executive of retail banking services Matt Comyn said the partnership is part of the bank's initiative to end domestic and family violence in a generation. ...

Myer Family lures NAB executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... Wales operations. Joining Myer Family Company is Nicholas Lipscombe. He has about 20 years' experience in international banking across private, institutional and corporate banking, and financial services. He was most recently a National Australia Bank ...

Banks hoping to stall new tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... consequences." Despite Treasurer Scott Morrison announcing the measure as a vehicle to level the playing field of the banking system, ANZ believes the levy in its current forms gives foreign banks an unfair advantage. Instead, the bank recommends that ...

Industry fund appoints two directors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... directors to its board, continuing its customer-centred focus on strategy, innovation and technology. Deirdre Wroth, a banking and wealth management executive with 28 years of experience, has been appointed as the independent director of the fund's parent ...