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Westpac earnings take hit

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
The bank has announced a $282 million hit to its statutory profit after an increase in customer refunds, software write-downs and accounting losses, ahead of its interim results. Westpac recorded $220 million in customer refunds, payments, associated ...

Super top ups increase: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
While only one in five (20%) Australians make extra contributions to their superannuation per month, it marks a growing number of members who are thinking more about their retirement balances, a new survey found. Finder's March 2021 survey of 1015 consumers ...

MLC GM joins dealer group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
The former general manager of MLC Financial Planning and the MLC advice network has jumped to a dealer group aligned with a real estate agent. Wealth Market, which is associated with Ray White and Loan Market, has appointed Jasia Fabig as national practice ...

Super funds need to get on board with crypto: Carnegie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
Ahead of the launch of his new digital assets fund, investment banker Mark Carnegie has warned that Australian super funds need to get on board with cryptocurrencies. Carnegie is launching the MHC Digital Asset Fund, in partnership with blockchain expert ...

Westpac to combine Advance super with BT Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
Westpac's Advance Asset Management has notified its superannuation members of its intention to transfer the products into BT's new super product. Advance notified members of three funds recently: Advance Super Account, Advance Allocated Pension ...

WealthO2 names chair, director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... boards of Allied Funds Management, investorfirst, Van Eyk Research and TOTE Tasmania and was managing director and founder of COIN Software, as well as the chief executive of Advent Software. He is currently a non-executive director of automotive repair ...

Chief economist update: It's looking up for the land down under

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
It keeps getting better and better for Australia. Only yesterday, I penned about things bright and beautiful developing in Australia - its success over containing the second wave and the consequent relaxation of restrictions and re-opening of state ...

Raiz appoints new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
Raiz Invest has announced the appointment of a new chair with a background in digital marketing focusing on growth companies. Kevin Moore is set to take the position of chair and non-executive director. He is a digital market specialist with a long ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
News that a COVID-19 vaccine is nigh has injected optimism in the world economies, financial markets and commodity markets, including oil. Oil prices jumped to two-month highs - WTI oil to US$41.36 per barrel; Brent oil to US$43.61 - following reports ...

RBA, CBA, NAB partner for wholesale currency

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced a partnership with a consortium of financial institutions and a blockchain technology company to develop a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) using distributed ledger technology (DLT) for settlement. ...