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Prime Access bungle costs ANZ $50 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
ANZ bank has entered an enforceable agreement with ASIC and has footed a $50 million compensation bill as it puts the lid on its Prime Access compliance bungle. Back in 2015, an investigation by the corporate regulator revealed the bank had failed to ...

Lawyers slam life insurers in Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
The life insurance industry is failing to prove it can self-regulate via its two "deficient" codes, according to Maurice Blackburn Lawyers' submission to the banking Royal Commission. There have been more than 700 breaches of the Life Insurance Code ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe must be sporting a smile on his lips for just a day after the Board met on the April 3, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest report on retail spending and...it was good. The ...

Willis Towers Watson hires institutional risk expert

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... services capabilities in Asia Pacific. Prior to linking with WTW, Jeffers held various positions at Westpac Institutional Bank, including sector head of insurance relationships for financial institutions, associate director - financial institutions ...

ClearView names new tech GM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... head of finance operations at MBF, chief financial officer for customer solutions and segment growth strategies at FirstRand Bank and financial manager at Kimberly-Clark. ClearView also flagged that it has appointed a new general counsel, Elizabeth Briggs. ...

Antipodes expands investment team, creates active ETF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Sydney-based global equities manager Antipodes is welcoming a new managing director as well as three new investment team members. It is also establishing its second active exchange-traded product and launching Irish-domiciled UCITS funds for its three ...

Tech selloff builds cash pile at Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Australian equities managers unloading tech stocks face a tough question - where do they put this pile of cash to work? One international equities manager saw its cash allocations spike to a three-year high as it trimmed investments in tech stocks in ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... Tokyo as "Made in Japan" products become more expensive to Americans. However, the yen's appreciation is also undermining the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) efforts at lifting inflation in the domestic economy towards its 2% target. Latest data show that Japan's ...

Incumbents can innovate or separate: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Financial services incumbents must lean on and learn from fintechs to carry industry innovation toward future consumer demands or risk being left behind. Speaking ahead of the AltFi Australasia Summit on 16 April, Credible founder and chief executive ...

Royal Commission to grill FPA, AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... Financial Planning ANZ ASIC Association of Financial Advisers BT Financial Group Charter Financial Planning Commonwealth Bank Dover Financial Planning Association of Australia Genesys Wealth Advisers Hillross Financial Services Millennium 3 RI Advice ...