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Cbus enters corporate super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
The $54 billion industry superannuation fund is dipping its toes into the world of corporate super, launching a new offering this week. Cbus officially launched its Cbus Corporate Super product on Monday for those who wish to join the fund via their ...

BDM pay healthy despite headwinds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
New insights on the salaries of business development managers reveal they can expect to take home healthy pay packets despite the Royal Commission reducing demand. Research from Kaizen Recruitment on BDM salaries in the financial services industry has ...

TAL shuffles leadership amid restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
TAL has shuffled its executive lineup, creating new roles as part of a wider realignment of the business that sees responsibility for its life insurance business split in two. The life insurer has redesigned its structure, splitting its life insurance ...

Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
When the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met and decided to keep the official cash rate unchanged at 0.75% on November 5, Governor Philip Lowe issued this optimistic statement: "After a soft patch in the second half of last year, a gentle turning point ...

Westpac chief believes in financial advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... around it and earn a reasonable return. I regret that," Hatzer said. The Westpac boss also warned of the effects of growing "red tape" which he said is restricting business investment. Next year, Westpac will spend around half of its investment budget ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
"I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world." - Louis Armstong It could only be because I got up on the right side of the bed this morning and/or the sun is shining after several ...

Industry fund changes insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
An industry superannuation fund has swapped out Hannover Life as its provider for income protection cover, amid an overhaul of its insurance offering. NESS Super (New South Wales Electrical Superannuation Scheme) managed about $760 million in superannuation ...

BT shuts down two funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
BT Financial Group has shut down a $670 million global property fund and a $293 million Asian shares fund, as it sees them unsuitable for retail investors. The bigger of the two funds, Advance Global Property Fund was managed by Principal Global Investors ...

NAB remediation team swells, no executive bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
National Australia Bank's 2019 full year results include the revelation that its customer remediation team has ballooned to 950 people. NAB chief executive Philip Chronican said in a statement that the team of 950 dedicated to remediating customers ...

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
"Actions speak louder than words." That may be so but it appears that this generally accepted truism does not apply to the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The Japanese central bank has kept monetary on hold since it introduced quantitative and qualitative easing ...