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Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... in July, joining three of Australia's big four banks in spinning off their wealth management arms, with Commonwealth Bank announcing the demerger of Colonial First State just a month earlier. By April HSBC had already completed a significant wind-down ...

Bank chief executive resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
Bank of Queensland chief executive and managing director Jon Sutton stepped down with the bank now scouting for a replacement. Sutton resigned after three years on the job to focus on his long-term health following a heart operation earlier this year ...

Industry fund hires executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... engagement, having started at the fund more than 13 years ago as a business development manager. Musson has acted as BTFG's head of bank distribution, Bank of Queensland's group executive people and corporate services and IAG's head of product and underwriting. ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... manager based in Zurich that invests exclusively in renewable energy infrastructure, investing for the European Investment Bank and pension funds. It has just closed a deal to acquire and finance the construction of a solar plant in Queensland's ...

TCorp sets green bond record

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... a yield of 3.235%, maturing in November 2028. The breakdown of the bond issuance included: 70% to asset managers; 14% to bank balance sheets; 8% to institutions; 5% to trading desks and 3% to hedge funds. Geographically, 82% went to Australia; 7% to ...

Labor responds to Royal Commission, sheds light on victims of misconduct

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... response to Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report, documenting feedback to the Royal Commission through victims of bank misconduct, including claims banks go out of their way to avoid compensation settlements. In its submission the Labor Party ...

Industry fund adds chief risk role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... business banking division. Prior to that he held various senior risk roles with NAB, having spent about 17 years with the bank. "The appointment of Martin is a strong and timely addition to the fund, particularly given the increasing importance of compliance ...

Ganis brings the changes at YBR

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... Australia as state manager, making the move from CBA where he served as Queensland and Western Australia area manager for the bank's home lending solutions department. Meanwhile, Andrew Zanchetta will become general manager of the YBR's funding and products ...

Gender diversity in advice dormant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... banks have numbers approaching one third of their total adviser force. About 27% of the advisers aligned with Commonwealth Bank are female and women make up 26% of the advisers linked with both Westpac and NAB. Women account for more than one-third of ...

Industry fund goes for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
A $12 billion industry superannuation fund is growing its executive lineup, adding its first chief growth officer. LGIAsuper is welcoming Andrea Peters to the newly created role, joining from Credit Union Australia where she was head of banking products. ...