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Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
In a week punctuated by disappointing key stats from the world's major economies, something strange in our neighbourhood happened... Wall Street produced a trifecta. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all closed at record highs on the 11th of August ...

NAB appoints independent customer advocate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
National Australia Bank (NAB) has appointed an independent customer advocate to support its retail and small business customers in resolving serious complaints. Catherine Wolthuizen will step into the newly created banking role as NAB commits to the ...

Lost super campaigns have much further to go

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Despite engagement campaigns by numerous super funds helping members unearth lost super, $13.5 billion across 1.289 million accounts still remains in limbo, according to figures released by Westpac. In its 2016 Westpac Lost Super Report, the bank said ...

Negative interest rates drive spike in safe sales

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
Giant global banks and consumers alike have found old fashioned solutions to the unusual problem of having to pay institutions to hold their cash deposits - safes, vaults and strongrooms are back in vogue. Japanese hardware stores report demand for ...

Rabobank has new local chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
Rabobank has appointed a new chief executive and managing director for its Australian and New Zealand business. Peter Knoblanche joins as chief executive of Rabobank Australia and managing director of the Rabobank Australia & New Zealand Group. He succeeds ...

Norwegian pension fund drops 52 coal companies

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Norges Bank has announced that 52 coal companies, including two Australian ones, will be excluded from the roughly $1 trillion Government Pension Fund Global. The exclusions came after the introduction in February of a new "product-based coal criterion" ...

NAB and PwC partner for tax app

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
NAB has announced that it has partnered with PwC to provide data support services for self-employed workers and other "microbusinesses," including UberX drivers. PwC's Airtax app, originally targeted at Uber drivers, automates the process of collecting ...

CBA says most customers received appropriate advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The fourth update on CBA's Open Advice Review has been released, which the bank said is evidence that the "majority of customers" assessed so far received appropriate advice. The report, prepared by Promontory Financial Group, is based on the nearly ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Japan's Cabinet Office reported that consumer confidence stood at 42.7 in December. While this is much higher than market expectations for a 42.3 print, it's only a slight improvement from the previous month's 42.6 reading. The overall index is derived ...

ANZ private wealth sees digital growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
ANZ's private wealth division has recorded profit growth of 15% for the 2015 financial year on the back of a continued approach to "customer focused investment solutions." Releasing its 2015 full year results today, ANZ said funds under management (FUM) ...