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Credit Suisse restructures investment bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
Following a strategic review, Credit Suisse will undertake a "radical" restructure of its investment bank and cut thousands of jobs. Credit Suisse chair Axel P. Lehmann said the group has "become unfocused" in recent years and the new strategy is "the ...

FPSB names new leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
Former Financial Planning Association of Australia chief Dante De Gori has been named as the new head of the global Financial Planning Standards Board. The appointment is effective in January, following the departure of current chief executive Noel ...

Nuveen to acquire Arcmont Asset Management

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
US-based investment manager Nuveen is buying European private debt group Arcmont Asset Management for an undisclosed amount. Nuveen, the investment manager of US teachers' pension fund TIAA, is hoping the acquisition will expand its private capital ...

T. Rowe Price appoints head of APAC distribution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
T. Rowe Price has appointed Elsie Chan as its head of Asia Pacific distribution, leading the investment manager's distribution teams in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Chan assumed her new role on September 1, and reports to head of Americas ...

ANZ told to pay $25m for 20-year failure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
ANZ has been ordered to pay a $25 million penalty for failing to provide banking customers with promised benefits for about two decades. The Breakfree package was introduced in 2003 and was offered with several ANZ products including home loans, credit ...

ASIC appeals CFS, CBA decision

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
ASIC is appealing the Federal Court's ruling in its conflicted remuneration case against Commonwealth Bank and Colonial First State. The case related to the Essential Super product, with ASIC alleging the two entities breached conflicted remuneration ...

Small wins for some pensioners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
The Labor government has delivered small wins to pensioners in its Budget, but not all will reap the benefits. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has increased pensioners' earnings amount, with the temporary income bank top up to increase from $7800 to $11,800 ...

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
The government has blamed its predecessor for inheriting a budget burdened by $1 trillion in gross debt and deficits projected for at least the next decade. Consequently, new fiscal policies have largely been offset for this year and the next. "We face ...

Federal Budget is challenging: Economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
In an interview with Financial Standard, independent economist Chris Richardson said the Treasurer has two big and difficult problems on his hands, the first being gas prices and the other the National Disability Insurance Scheme. In delivering the ...

ASIC finds shortcomings in wholesale market practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
ASIC has released two reports on better and poorer practices in wholesale financial markets, encouraging participants in these markets to benchmark themselves against industry standards. Report 741 Conduct risk in wholesale fixed income markets (REP ...