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Law firm cuts pay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Slater and Gordon directors and senior executives will see their pay reduced by 10-15%, as the ASX-listed legal powerhouse moves to strengthen its balance sheet amid the COVID-19 crisis. Slater and Gordon's directors, chief executive and executive leadership ...

Brokerage platform appoints managing director

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
The founder of an Australian brokerage platform will step down as managing director, making way for the firm's acting chief executive to step into the role. Andrew Ward will step down from the managing director position at SelfWealth on May 15 this ...

Advisers adapt as crisis unfolds

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Despite both the health and economic destruction that the COVID-19 pandemic has left in its wake, the environment, albeit dark, has highlighted the value of Australia's advice industry. The human element of advice; the ability to connect with someone ...

Macquarie cash offering soars

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
A Macquarie Bank cash offering has seen record interest as financial advisers look to safeguard their client's wealth amid the COVID-19 crisis. Speaking to Financial Standard, Macquarie banking and financial services head of payments and deposits ...

Healthcare outperforms as financials plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen Australia's healthcare sector soar as our financials, energy and real estate sectors plummet. However, S&P Dow Jones Indices senior director of global equity indices Michael Orzano said it's a trend that has been ...

Telstra issues 10-year bond

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
Telstra has issued an $860 million 10-year bond as it moves to further strengthen its balance sheet. The bond, issued at €500 million, has been priced under Telstra's debt issuance program, and will be issued on April 23. Telstra said it would use ...

Liquid and ready: Cbus

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Cbus chief executive David Atkin says his $56 billion industry super fund is in a strong liquidity position to deal with the early super release scheme. And this was the case even prior to the government's Jobseeker payment announcement, he said. "Cbus ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic could lead emerging markets to lose the last decade in progress, as the world sinks deeper into a global recession far worse than the Global Financial Crisis. That's according to State Street Global Advisors head of global ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
A former financial services executive in the US has been charged with orchestrating a bribery scheme that saw him funnel at least $4 million to the Ghanaian government to gain their approval to build and operate an electrical power plant. The Securities ...

AFCA extends complaints response time

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) will provide a nine-day extension to consumers, small businesses and financial services firms to respond to complaints amid the COVID-19 crisis. The change comes into effect immediately and will apply ...