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AFCA chair under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
The woes of Crown Resorts seem far from over, and now scrutiny has turned to executive chair Helen Coonan - with some suggesting she should resign from AFCA before her term as chair ends in May. Today Crown announced that Coonan will be paid an extra ...

ANZ posts 54% profit rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
ANZ posted a net profit after tax for the first quarter of $1.62 billion, up 54% on the average of the past two quarters. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said it was a strong performance given the volatile trading conditions that highlights the benefits ...

SG rise a bad idea: Chartered Accountants

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
According to Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the superannuation guarantee should not rise from 9.5% to 12%. "Since the last election, there has been a global pandemic, the first Australian recession in 29 years, our highest unemployment ...

Banks return $1.2bn for bad advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
Six of Australia's largest banks have paid or offered a total of $1.24 billion in compensation to customers, according to new ASIC figures. The funds have been returned to customers who suffered loss or detriment due to fees for no service misconduct ...

Northern Trust hires from Dimensional

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
Northern Trust's asset management business has added a senior institutional distribution manager, hiring from Dimensional Fund Advisers. Thakshi Wijesundara will be based in Melbourne. She reports to Northern Trust Asset Management's head of ...

Industry fund promotes for GM role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
A major industry superannuation fund has promoted from within to fill a vacant general manager position. Rest's head of operations David Madden has been promoted to general manager, administration solutions and governance. He replaces Kieran Varcoe ...

Chant West hires distribution head

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
Chant West has appointed a former ANZ and BT Financial Group executive to expand its institutional sales footprint. Don Sillar has been named the new head of institutional sales, the research house announced. He replaces Geoff Peck, who previously led ...

Former UBS GAM executive joins CBA incubator

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
Commonwealth Bank has hired a former UBS Global Asset Management and Financial Services Council executive to chair its fintech incubator business. Ben Heap was appointed non-executive, independent chair of x15ventures, which helps scale startups by ...

Does financial services have a problem with women?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
A wrongful dismissal case brought by a former IOOF employee detailing sexual harassment and gender discrimination among colleagues has once again shone an unwanted spotlight on the financial services industry, calling into question the sector's ...

Platforms start to shake ERS impact

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
Platform inflows are returning to normal as the impact of government's early release of superannuation starts to wear off, according to Credit Suisse. In the September quarter, platforms reported $1.9 billion in outflows. However, if you exclude $3.9 ...