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ASIC spots forex breaches at ANZ and Westpac

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... people, including women experiencing family violence, and ANZ's will go to Financial Literacy Australia. Westpac Institutional Bank chief executive Lyn Cobley said: "We continue to enhance our policies and controls across the Spot FX business and we ...

Suncorp inches closer to NZ insurer takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Suncorp increased its stake in a leading New Zealand insurer to 19.9% following a takeover bid in February. Suncorp's bid for Tower Insurance occurred shortly after the latter entered into a scheme implementation agreement with Fairfax Financial Holdings. ...

Westpac deputy chief executive retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... 2014 and prior to that served as chief financial officer for eight years, and was the group executive of Westpac institutional bank from 2002. He joined Westpac in 1996 as head of foreign exchange and began his career at the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

Instreet launches VC fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The Instreet Start-Up Fund invests in companies operating in niche markets and provides investors early stage innovation companies (ESIC) tax incentives. It will select five to 10 startups that have the potential to produce high revenue growth, invest ...

Grant Samuel flags two senior appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Grant Samuel Funds Management appointed a new head of institutional business and head of retail distribution. Taking on the newly-created institutional business role, Charles Levinge joins Grant Samuel from Franklin Templeton, where he was senior manager ...

RBA zeroes in on balance sheets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The strength and resilience of the banks' and household balance sheets - rather than indicators such as credit or rising house prices - are a key focus for the RBA, assistant governor Michele Bullock said. Bullock told this morning's Bloomberg address ...

Wages and super should be aligned: Cbus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Cbus is calling on the Federal Government to align the payment of workers' superannuation with the payment of wages. The industry super fund claims the quarterly payment cycle for the superannuation guarantee creates a significant risk of non-compliance ...

UniSuper redefines comfortable retirement

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
UniSuper is advocating for the redefinition of 'comfortable retirement' saying that the current one-size-fits-all approach is not the most effective way to achieve optimal retirement outcomes. The industry fund, while remaining supportive of the plan ...

Largest Aussie single solar project deal sealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The Commonwealth Bank and Clean Energy Finance Corporation have joined forces with one of Germany's biggest banks in Australia's largest single solar project financing deal to date. As financing partners to Edify Energy and international investor Wirsol ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The countdown is on at fledgling start-up and technology-focused superannuation product-provider Spaceship, as chief executive Paul Bennetts attempts to convert his waitlist of 22,000 into a $1 billion fund. Touring around multiple start-up hubs this ...