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Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... Cherry Hill, Germany's Deutsche Bank and Canada's Scotiabank. Bank Hapoalim, Israel's largest bank, and its Swiss subsidiary are set to pay a total of US$904 million to state and federal authorities in separate settlements. One case relates ...

MySuper reforms could have downsides

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... ironic that acting in the investors interest puts super funds at odds with the ratings agency." Recent research from the Swiss Finance Institute also demonstrates that how funds choose external investment managers to allocate mandates to and how they ...

UBS appoints new sector heads for equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... Suisse for the last 10 years, covering diversified financials. Prior to this, he spent a decade working for insurers QBE and Swiss Reinsurance. He is also an associate of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia. "Together with Shreyas Patel, this team ...

AIA Australia appoints behavioural economics lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
The life insurer has appointed a head of behavioural economics and design, hiring from Swiss Re. Alison Mclean moved into the role on July 1 and is a part of the AIA Australia strategy team, which reports to AIA Australia's chief strategy officer ...

Melbourne boutique partners with Swiss bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
A Melbourne equities boutique and a Swiss private bank have entered a two-way distribution partnership, as each looks to tap into the other's markets. Union Bancaire Privee will market Bell Asset Management's global small and mid cap strategies ...

GAM profits fall 92%, management team overhauled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... just $16 million, announcing an overhaul of its group management team after what was a tumultuous year for the beleaguered Swiss manager. Announcing its full-year 2019 results overnight, GAM Holding AG's profits have fallen 92% year on year to come ...

Former CBA, MLC executive joins reinsurer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... of group insurance at MLC, and is a former CommInsure chief pricing officer, life. He has also previously held roles with Swiss Reinsurance and Mercantile & General Reinsurance. "Following an extensive recruitment process, we are delighted to welcome ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... bank being scrutinized. A group of climate activists faced court last week after refusing to pay fines of $32,140 (21,600 Swiss Francs) for a publicity stunt that saw them, dressed in tennis whites, hit tennis balls back and forth inside Credit Suisse ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... longer-term bonds (despite their low, and in some, negative yields); the US dollar is up but safehaven currencies such as the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen are upper; gold's in, copper is out. Even central banks are busily preparing for the "R" ...

Credit Suisse names chief executive

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... finance, Asia Pacific to lead its Australian operations as chief executive. Effective October, Richard Gibb will lead the Swiss investment bank's Australian franchise across investment banking and capital markets, private banking, and markets and financing. ...