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NAB evades AUSTRAC fine for non-compliance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... the requirements of the enforceable undertaking and it said it will provide an update at its half-yearly results later this week. Irrespective of NAB's individual circumstances, notably AUSTRAC's 2021 major banks in Australia risk assessment labelled ...

Crestone appoints deputy chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
The former chief investment officer of Energy Super joined the investments team at Crestone Wealth Management this week. Kevin Wan Lum taken up the post as deputy chief investment officer at Crestone, reporting to chief executive Michael Chisholm. He ...

US stocks crumble after Jerome Powell's hawkish comments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... they too will aim to combat inflation through tightened monetary policy with interest rate hikes. It was only earlier this week that the Reserve Bank of Australia minutes strongly insinuated that inflationary and wage growth developments had brought ...

Consumer confidence rises as inflation expectations drop

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
This week ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence increased by 2.3 points to 93.4 after petrol prices dropped approximately 30 cents per litre. But consumer confidence is still 14.3 points below its level from the same week a year ago. Consumer confidence ...

Australia imposes further sanctions on Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... from Russia will also be prohibited from April 25. Australia also announced additional military assistance to Ukraine this week, at the request of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Australia has added $25 million worth of military support, bringing ...

BT superannuation lead joins Citi

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... be heavily focused on the customer migration strategy and supporting the team as they move across into NAB." Earlier this week it was confirmed that BT was also saying goodbye to its longstanding head of investment research and governance, Marnie McLaren. ...

Janus Henderson investments chief retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The global chief investment officer of Janus Henderson will retire this week after nine years with the firm. Enrique Chang will retire on April 1, following five years as the global firm's investments lead. His decision comes in the same week the firm ...

More Diversa super products to wind up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... members on February 25 and existing members were given notice of the options' closure the same day and had until this week to notify the fund of what to do with their savings. Their options were to transfer to another super fund of their choice or ...

VanEck anticipates AUD surge

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... outperforming the US equity market, along with the yield on the 10-year Australian government bond surging to 2.70% this week, Australia could attract more offshore investment, adding more upward pressure on the local currency," Chesler said. Chesler ...

Adviser numbers close in on 17k

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... its forces with WTL will amount to more than 600 advisers and $16 billion in funds under advice, the firms announced this week. An early March Rainmaker analysis showed which advice businesses are home to the largest number of authorised risk advisers. ...