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ClearView welcomes chief of staff

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... Bank of Queensland in the role of executive business manager to the group executive, retail banking chief executive of ME Bank following its acquisition by BOQ. Before that, she held several senior positions at Westpac Group, including PMO lead, senior ...

Fink warns of "slow rolling crisis"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
In his annual letter to investors, BlackRock chair Larry Fink has said it's unclear what impact the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and others this past week will truly have, saying they are just one element of the "price we're paying for decades ...

Pensioner work bonus top of mind for advisers

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
Social security measures relating to the Age Pension are among the most popular regulatory topics for Australian financial advisers, based on the questions they're asking BT's technical team. According to BT, the $4000 increase to the work bonus for ...

BOQ boss departs suddenly

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... and has overseen a return to growth in all key channels across the bank, the successful acquisition and integration of ME Bank, as well as achieving strong progress in the bank's technology transformation," he said. "However, the board has formed a view ...

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 ...

Hostplus appoints business growth, acquisition lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... steering committee member. Before joining the superannuation sector, Sammartino worked in banking, including seven years at ME Bank as a business development executive. This story first appeared in Industry Moves.

BOQ bolsters executive team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... of this year. He takes over from Flamma Morton who has resigned from the bank. The appointments come after BOQ acquired ME Bank earlier this year. BOQ paid $1.325 billion cash, funded by an underwritten capital raising of $1.35 billion for the bank. ...

Criminal charges filed against CBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... s12DB of the ASIC Act (alleging false and misleading representations) against a bank after ASIC filed charges against ME Bank in May 2021. The penalty for each of the 30 offences is up to $1.7 million. CBA released a statement to the ASX acknowledging ...

ME Bank faces criminal charges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
ME Bank has appeared in Federal Court, facing criminal charges for allegedly making false and misleading representations in letters to its home loan customers. It is also alleged that the bank failed to provide written notice about annual interest rate ...

Praemium appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
... executive director in May, will step into the role permanently on August 16. Wamsteker is the founding chief executive of ME Bank and chaired platform business Powerwrap, which Praemium bought last year. He has been on Praemium's board since November ...