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Report shows bank reform well underway

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
The Australian banking industry is being recommended to adopt intermediate milestones to demonstrate its momentum of working through a series of self-improvement initiatives in response to previous recognition of repeated poor customer service. Independent ...

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 ...

Zenith finds value in reduced blue chip exposure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... segment of the market returning 3.4% versus -16.2% for the S&P/ASX 20." "The Blue Chip/Top 20 index is dominated by Australian Bank stocks, and this has been one of the hardest hit segments of the market over the last 12 months."

UniSuper reflects on investment highs and lows

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
UniSuper has called out its active management investment strategies during a tumultuous financial year that included several highs and lows in the process of attempting to deliver substantial member returns. The $52 billion superannuation fund said ...

New Spring FG SMSF platform opens

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Spring FG is now taking pre-registrations for its new self-managed super platform, mysuper247, ahead of its full operational launch in July. The platform allows online SMSF establishment, operation and administration as well as access to an array of ...

Westpac prices climate bond at $500m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... trajectory," Bell said. Chief executive and co-founder of the Climate Bonds Initiative, Sean Kidney, said "A leading Australian bank, [with] all Australian assets, going to international markets with a best practice green bond offering is a major development. ...

MyState appoints technology provider

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
Banking and wealth management group MyState has appointed a financial services technology company to transform its digital channels and customer experience offerings. Rubik Financial will run its technology solution at MyState from August, offering ...

Bank love affair with wealth management waning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
The wealth management industry has been embroiled in one scandal after another and as it struggles to meet both shareholder and customer demands, a number of big players are re-evaluating their commitment to wealth management. Unlike many international ...

Higher recession risk creates opportunity in large miners: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
As the valuations of residential property and bank stocks have risen, so too has the risk that they will face a snap-back that could trigger a recession in the Australian economy, according to Lazard Asset Management. "House prices in Australia are ...

ASIC bans ex-NAB planner from the industry

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former NAB adviser. Hardik Bhimani was a senior financial planning manager, then a senior financial planner, with NAB Financial Planning from April 2011 to November 2014. It was during this period that ASIC has now accused ...