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Westpac alters incentive structure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... announced changes to employee incentives, including the removal of all product related incentives. In a speech to the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce in Melbourne, Hartzer revealed Westpac will be removing all product related incentives from tellers ...

NAB pursues innovation via global banking alliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... partnered with two global financial institutions to form an international banking innovation alliance. Teaming up with Israel's Bank Leumi and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), the alliance will facilitate the sharing of information, innovation ...

QIC and Future Fund back $3bn renewable fund

KERRIE SYDEE, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... developing a pipeline of large scale renewable energy generation in Australia." QIC's head of global infrastructure Ross Israel said the development of renewables infrastructure has previously been risky for institutional capital. "Barriers to investment ...

Dissatisfied customers 'unreasonable', 'acting improperly': CBA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev has brushed aside calls for a royal commission, instead arguing that some customers were simply unreasonable. Addressing the topic of culture and improving culture within in the financial sector services during ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... already longer than 29 of the 33 expansions the U.S. economy has experienced since 1854." Likewise, "...no other central bank in the advanced world that has raised rates since the 2007-09 crisis has been able to sustain them at a higher level. That includes ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... September share price index futures contract was down 27 points at 5,619. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens is slated to speak at an Anika Foundation event in Sydney. Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau ...

QIC hires senior infrastructure execs

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... Management's infrastructure investments group. Tucker has three decades of infrastructure experience. He joins from the Royal Bank of Canada in London, where he established the bank's infrastructure franchise, and for more than a decade was its managing ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,880. In its post-meeting statement, the US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee said the labour market needed to improve before it raised the federal funds rate. In ...

NAB chief executive outlines misconduct policy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
In a speech to the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn defended the bank's financial advice history and indicated changes were being made to ensure better internal oversight of its advice businesses. Despite the ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... indicated by the expanding number of central banks announcing surprise policy easing over the past few weeks. Last week, Bank Indonesia joined this club - the central bank surprises club - when it surprised markets with a 25 bps reduction in its BI rate ...