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ANZ to launch $750m hybrid capital offer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
ANZ is looking to raise $750 million through its latest hybrid issue, announced today. The bank will launch an ANZ Capital Notes 3 offer from February 5, 2015, as part of the group's capital management strategy. The offer is open to Australian investors ...

Macquarie Group upgrades profit forecast for FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Macquarie Group has confirmed it expects profits to rise by 10-20% above the $1.27 billion originally announced for the year to March 2014. Cited reasons for this include the 6.5% Australian dollar depreciation since October, sales and trading volatility ...

AFA GenXt roadshow connects knowledge and performance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will focus on education and knowledge as a means to drive business and client performance at this year's GenXt National Roadshow. More than 1,500 people are expected to attend the roadshows that are taking ...

AIA appoints chief marketing officer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
AIA Australia has appointed a chief marketing officer to lead a team of 41 people across a number of business areas. The life insurer has appointed former GE Capital A&NZ head of marketing and portfolio management Renae Smith to the role. Smith will ...

ASIC imposes conditions on Guardian Advice

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed conditions on the licence of Suncorp-owned Guardian Advice following a surveillance which uncovered deficiencies in the advice it provided to retail clients. ASIC said the company ...

Challenger negotiates Care Annuity compromise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has backed down from its plan to change the way it assesses current holders of the Challenger Care Annuity. However, Challenger has agreed to redesign the product in line with the new 'user pays' aged care policies ...

IRESS appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
IRESS has appointed a National Mutual Group executive and industry veteran as independent non-executive director, starting February 1, 2015 Geoff Tomlinson has more than 40 years' experience in financial services and his executive career includes 29 ...

Bad tidings for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
"'Tis the season to be jolly, fa-la-la-la-la...", "silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright..." Bah, humbug! The negative news flow and speculations over the past 24 hours would, like ol' Ebenezer Scrooge, make you, I and Irene hate Christmas. ...

SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
The SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) has rejected the Financial System Inquiry's (FSI) recommendation that the government reinstate the prohibition on direct borrowing for limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) by superannuation ...

Murray calls for end to LRBAs

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
The Murray Inquiry has recommended that government reinstate the prohibition on direct borrowing for limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) by superannuation funds. It said that the government should restore the general prohibition on direct ...