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Former Wallaby departs Westpac for NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
After six months as head of private wealth, north at Westpac, Phil Waugh has taken on an executive role at NAB. Waugh has been appointed as executive, broker distribution at NAB and will report to executive, home ownership Andy Kerr. Waugh spent four ...

Admin fees could balloon from BFID

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... continue to have to pass that test. "But we are concerned with new regulatory-making powers that would allow the government to ban fund activity and investment even if it is in the best financial interest of members. A government giving itself the power ...

BetaShares targets HNW market with new role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
BetaShares has announced a new appointment to a newly created role targeting the high-net-worth market. Tony Pattison has been named as head of high net worth groups and will be responsible for leading BetaShares' activities in the private bank, family ...

Banks still failing customers after Royal Commission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
A review of Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) complaints data shows over 31,000 complaints have been made in the wake of the Royal Commission, according to CHOICE. Complaints around credit products revealed many customers have still been ...

Economic recovery has been stronger than expected: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
Australia's economic recovery has been quicker and stronger than expected, according to Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe. Speaking at the Melbourne Business Analytics conference, Lowe stated that while there are still challenges ...

Bell AM wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
The Melbourne equities boutique has been appointed to manage a new $100 million fund launched by Swisse Union Bancaire Privee, with which it has a strategic partnership. Bell Asset Management will manage UBP's global SMID-cap equity which will invest ...

ASIC bans adviser over dodgy super consolidation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
ASIC has permanently banned a Melbourne financial adviser for allegedly pressuring people into consolidating their superannuation for a fee. Nizi Bhandari has been banned from providing financial services permanently. He was an authorised representative ...

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
It won't be long now until cherry blossoms start blooming in Japan. But just like these blossoms' short-lived wonder, the Land of the Rising Sun's economic recovery through various crises going back to the late 1980s-early 1990s proved to ...

Global net zero framework launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change has launched the Net Zero Investment Framework, providing institutional investors with a guide to implementing a net-zero investment strategy. Building on the IIGCC's existing body of work, the framework ...

Chances of CBA admitting to Essential Super wrongdoing "non-existent"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... Super as a result of the distribution agreement, which ASIC believes amounts to a contravention of the Corporations Act's ban on conflicted remuneration. ASIC said the arrangements could reasonably be expected to influence the choice of financial ...