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NPP chair breaks down rollout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
Former Commonwealth Bank and Westpac chief information officer Bob McKinnon is tasked with the tough job of chairing the New Payments Platform (NPP) through its rollout. McKinnon was made chair at the end of January this year. In March, the RBA revealed ...

Founder leaves SMSF Association

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... knowledge and breadth of industry and government relationships, but the unbounded enthusiasm and energy she brought to the task, whether it was as the chief executive or non-executive director." "The fact every major inquiry into superannuation, starting ...

Budget: RC response to cost over $600m

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
The Federal Government's response to the Royal Commission into Misconduct in Financial Services is set to cost more than half a billion dollars. The Federal Government has committed $606.7 million over the next five years to facilitate its response ...

New director at BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
The Australian arm of BlackRock has appointed a new director from Mercer. Chris Baker has moved into the role of director, fixed income product strategist within BlackRock's global fixed income and credit platform. Within the role, he is tasked with ...

Treasury proposes standardised default insurance definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... navigate and understand. And subtle differences in definitions, terms and exclusions from one policy to another can make the task of comparing policies particularly challenging." He noted that any changes to these terms will potentially affect when a ...

Zurich Investments shuts down fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
Zurich Investments has shut down an income-focused international equities fund amid a strategic review of its fund lineup. The Zurich Investments Global Equity Income Scheme, managed by Denning Pryce was closed off in September, wound up in December ...

Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
Senior executives of the big banks, superannuation funds, insurance companies and industry bodies have come together for the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative. The initiative is an unprecedented collaboration with the aim of shaping an Australian ...

BGL announces new integrations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
The provider of ASIC corporate compliance solutions and SMSF administration announced new integrations. In what BGL says is an "industry first", the company announced an integration with Smarter SMSF which will allow CAS 360 and Simple Fund 360 clients ...

Reforming bank culture rests on regulators: Silk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... will come from other than one source - and that's the regulators." But is Silk confident that the regulators are up for the task? "Not on past performance," he said. "Heaven help us if they don't step up to the plate now." Silk added he was not confident ...

New NAB chair seeks to ease shareholders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... executive team." Chronican said one main focus going forward is earning back consumers' trust, adding the enormity of the task is not lost on him. "We have let down our customers. We have let down you, our owners. And we have let down the community. ...