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Banks sluggish on Indigenous financial inclusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... commented they did not know what products or services banks offered. Banks could do more by offering interpreters, sending bank staff to visit remote communities regularly and talking actively to communities about the problems they encounter, the report ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... to 44.6% from 38.1%. The financial markets are in good company. In an interview this month, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank emeritus economist Leonard Nakamura, was quoted saying: "People think we're just a half percent or a few tenths from a 2% ...

Bank appoints new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
Bank of Queensland has announced a new chairman elect, with the incumbent set to retire after six years in the role. Roger Davis will retire as chair following BOQ's full year results in October 2019 and will leave the board. BOQ has appointed Patrick ...

Big four satisfaction on road to recovery

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... 7.9 percentage points better than their larger counterparts, whose satisfaction levels are clustered together. Commonwealth Bank leads the way, sitting at 78.1% satisfaction, with the worst of the big four, NAB (72.7%) no more than 5.4 percentage points ...

Chief economist update: The power of one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... on, the heat is on, the heat is on Oh it's on the street, the heat is on..." - Glenn Frey Oh yes, Virginia, the Reserve Bank better deliver a cut in interest rates when its board meets next week (June 4) or there'll be a lot of disappointed "expert ...

Super gets an insider in ministry reshuffle

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... time at AustralianSuper. Early in her career she spent about a year as a private banker at NAB, after originally joining the bank in 1995 in sales and marketing, before a two year stint as an investment research manager. Former Assistant to the Minister ...

Suncorp chief executive steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
Suncorp chief executive and managing director Michael Cameron will leave the company after four years in the role and seven as a board member. Suncorp chair Christine McLoughlin said now is the right time for change and indicated this will provide an ...

Major instos hit with cartel class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
Maurice Blackburn today filed a class action in the Federal Court suing UBS, Barclays, Citibank, Royal Bank of Scotland and JP Morgan. The class action alleges the banks colluded to rig foreign exchange rates during a period between January 2008 and ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... clear decision. A wide variety of factors can influence exchange rates, including government purchases of currency or central bank moves, and labeling a country a currency manipulator involves ascribing intent." Trump has to start somewhere before he ...

Boutique hires distribution lead from AMP Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... financial adviser and private client segments. Saunders left Ophir in March. In May, he joined Pendal Group as head of private bank, broker and family office distribution. He previously worked at Bell Potter Securities in intuitional sales and trading ...