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Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
"We have to take the economy through the pandemic and into a recovery phase, which has now started. We need to really anchor the recovery. We always talk about inflation anchoring and we are not oblivious to that. But the recovery needs to be firm ...

MAX Award winners crowned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
Now in their 26 th year, the Financial Standard MAX Awards for 2021 were presented at an event at Luna Park, Sydney last night, recognising the exceptional efforts of marketing, advertising and distribution teams in financial services. Close to 300 ...

LIBOR phased out by year end

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
Australian regulators expect institutions to cease the use of LIBOR in new contracts before the end of 2021. ASIC, APRA and the Reserve Bank of Australia have reiterated the importance of ensuring a timely transition away from the London Interbank Offered ...

BlackRock unifies offering, rejigs executives

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
BlackRock Australia is combining its client business and iShares teams to deliver whole of portfolio solutions to clients, reshuffling its executives in the process. According to the investment giant, the bringing together of the teams will bring a ...

LGIAsuper reveals post-merger executive, board lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
LGIAsuper, which is set to finalise its merger with Energy Super next month, has unveiled its new-look leadership team. In an update on the progression of the merger, after already announcing Kate Farrar as chief executive of the merged fund, LGIAsuper ...

CountPlus firm finalises merger

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
One of the ASX-listed advice and accounting group's member firms has acquired an accounting and superannuation specialist. Cooper Reeves and 4Front Holdings have merged and will now be rebranded to 4Front. CountPlus will sell its Cooper Reeves shares ...

Australian Unity Bank hires sporting legend

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
Australian Unity has appointed a former Olympian and an Order of Australia recipient to lead its banking division. Kieren Perkins is to become the chief executive of Australian Unity Bank on July 1. He spent 12 years at NAB where he held managerial ...

Former Australian Unity adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
A former authorised representative of Australian Unity Personal Financial Services was handed a five-year ban for telling clients MySuper options are more expensive and to opt out of the products. Christopher Chan will serve a five-year ban for writing ...

Macquarie-linked fund manager shutters

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
A global quant-driven fund manager that won a mandate with Macquarie four years ago to oversee its liquid alternative strategy has folded. Swedish fund manager Informed Portfolio Management (IPM), which at its peak had about $6 billion (SEK40bn) of ...

Koda Capital adds director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
Koda Capital has appointed a new non-executive director. Koda Capital chief of staff and partner Quentin Reeve confirmed Anna Schibrowski has been appointed as a non-executive director. Schibrowski was previously the chief transformation officer for ...