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What price Brexit certainty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... negotiations remain up in the air... and as most deals go, it's deadlocked on the price. According to reports, the European Union (EU) wants Britain to pay about €60bn to settle its EU membership before the talks could progress to discussion about ...

NAB hastily recruits after announcing job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... cuts, though NAB did say it was open to retraining those staff that had the aptitude and were willing. The Finance Sector Union is also campaigning on behalf of its NAB-employed members, having demanded urgent talks with NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn. ...

Aussie regtech readies firms for MiFID II

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... to submit valid transaction reports. A mid-year survey found alternative asset managers with offices outside the European Union were struggling with the implications of MiFID II. More than a third (34%) were undecided about how to pay for MiFID II re ...

China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... 27.1 million tonnes imported in the previous month. Apart from the US, China also enjoys a trade surplus with the European Union (US$11.3 billion in October) and the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) - Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos ...

Banking body appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
The Customer Owned Banking Association named a former AMP Bank managing director as its new chief executive. Bringing more than 30 years' experience in financial services, Michael Lawrence will lead COBA from December 4, 2017. Lawrence led AMP Bank ...

More clarity needed on NAB redundancies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
The Financial Sector Union of Australia is concerned with NAB's lack of detail provided around plans to cut almost 20% of its staff by 2020. The FSU responded to the news of planned job cuts by demanding urgent talks with NAB chief executive Andrew ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... extent". For despite the UK central bank's optimism there's still Brexit uncertainty. "The decision to leave the European Union is having a noticeable impact on the economic outlook... Uncertainties associated with Brexit are weighing on domestic activity ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... provides a robust independent framework that both protects members' interests and consistently delivers outperformance. "Union and employer-appointed trustee directors of profit-to-member super funds are all independent from management and - unlike the ...

Former Centrepoint executive joins Praemium

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... Alliance subsidiary, and was instrumental in developing managed accounts solution vMAPs. In 1993, Walker was hired by Norwich Union Navigator as its head of distribution and two years later was promoted to managing director. Walker's 30 year career began ...

First Super makes board appointment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... AustralianSuper and Cbus, a former executive member of the ACTU, and former National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union. First Super chief executive Bill Watson said McDine has extensive experience in serving the interests of members on super ...