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ANZ culls sales incentives for planners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
ANZ will no longer factor in sales incentives while calculating bonuses for its financial planners and boot them out if they fail an audit twice, the bank announced today. As ANZ attempts to revive its advice business after Royal Commission hearings ...

CBA finds no evidence of customer data breach

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Following an investigation by KPMG, the Commonwealth Bank said no evidence was found that customer information was compromised when two magnetic tapes went missing in 2016. The tapes in question contained customer names, addresses, account numbers and ...

ING ramps up wholesale lending business

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
ING Australia increased its wholesale lending by 24% over the previous year, the bank's 2017 results show. Clients of ING's wholesale banking loans include the Sydney Metro Northwest, New Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Queensland's Clare Solar Farm. "We ...

CBA and AUSTRAC agree to mediate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
At the request of both parties, the Federal Court has referred the proceedings between CBA and AUSTRAC to mediation. The Court's decision also requires AUSTRAC to file and serve any reply to CBA's amended response by April 6 and set a timetable for ...

AMP head of retail sales departs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
AMP's head of retail sales is departing following a restructure of the sales team last year. Stephen Craig joined AMP in 2008 as head of retail sales and marketing; he then became acting director, contemporary wealth management, head of goals-based ...

CBA denies majority of latest AUSTRAC allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
CBA said it denies most of the additional 100 anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing allegations handed down from AUSTRAC last December. In its submission to the Federal Court, CBA said it "denies 89 allegations in full and admits 11 ...

Colonial First State awards $385m mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
Colonial First State has awarded a $385 million global real estate securities mandate to a global asset management firm. Deutsche Asset Management will oversee the strategy, headed up by the firm's global real estate securities team. The team is led ...

Wells Fargo opens up on pay gaps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
Wells Fargo has become the third major US bank to take action on gender and ethnicity pay gaps. Responding to shareholder pressure the bank released the findings of its most recent pay equity study. It showed women working for Wells Fargo in the US ...

CMC Markets hires head of sales trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
CMC Markets announced its new Sydney-based sales trading head for the Asia Pacific and Canada division. Ashley Glover will lead the CMC Markets APAC team to build its high-net-worth and frequent trader client base, as well as focus on delivering customer ...

Macquarie sells remaining stake in Atlas Roads for $456m

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
After Macquarie Atlas Roads (MQA) internalised management functions following shareholder pressure, Macquarie has sold down its remaining stake in the listed investment company. Via a bookbuild, Macquarie sold 76 million shares in MQA for $6 per share. ...