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Suncorp hails diversity amid profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... $1.075 billion. The update on the banking and wealth management firm's diversity figures forms part of Suncorp's new corporate responsibility framework, Switkowski explained. He said driving towards equal gender representation meant Suncorp was "paving ...

Family office merger sees new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... about 10 years at the helm, will stay on as a consultant. Hammon was previously Coles Myer Group's chief officer of corporate and property services for 11 years. As previously announced in the heads of agreement, existing Mutual Trust shareholders will ...

Aussie banks cleared of Wells Fargo-type conduct

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
The corporate regulator has cleared eight Australian banks of any systemic misconduct involving illegal opening of accounts as seen at international firm Wells Fargo. The audits, undertaken by ASIC in December 2016 of the big four plus BOQ, Citibank ...

Class action on the cards for ASX healthcare firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... included Yarra Capital Management, Hunter Hall/Pengana Capital Group and parties related to UBS. Yarra marketing and corporate affairs manager Stewart Harris confirmed to Financial Standard that his firm remains a substantial shareholder - owning 6.6% ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... borrowing by businesses has implications for the economy because an increase in business demand for credit signifies corporate optimism over the economic outlook and generally leads to higher investment spending. Despite these credit market dynamics ...

Direct life insurance review underway: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... ASIC senior executive leader and regional commissioner, Michael Saadat, told the FSC Leaders Summit this week that the corporate regulator is undertaking a comprehensive look at the practices and culture of direct life insurers as well as the role intermediaries ...

In-house investment bears fruit for AustralianSuper

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... interest - yet he argues the fund's rapid inflows has allowed for the ability to generate a counterpoint business in corporate credit. "We didn't have any direct investment in corporate credit previously and we're just building what will, in time, be ...

Warne flags executive reshuffle at Macquarie AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... this performance - around 70% - was driven by Macquarie's "annuity-style businesses": Macquarie Asset Management (33%), Corporate and Asset Finance (25%) and Banking and Financial Markets (11%). Its capital markets-facing businesses - Commodities and ...

NAB collaborates on responsible investment bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... as joint lead manager alongside UBS, while the debt was rated by Moody's as Aa2 (Stable). NAB chief customer officer corporate and institutional banking Mike Baird said the bond demonstrates a critical step forward for the responsible investments market ...

Former Wallabies captain joins Stockspot

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... a number of roles including serving as a wealth director for its global institutional bank and senior manager of its corporate superannuation business. Mortlock said Stockspot demonstrates the future direction of investing and portfolio management, which ...