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Superannuation investment guru joins La Trobe board

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
The former chief investment officer at Commonwealth Bank Group Super is joining up with La Trobe Financial. Gerard Parlevliet joins the La Trobe Financial board with plans to assist the company expanding its Sydney footprint in the investment sector. ...

The BOJ's boring Halloween

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
Halloween 2017 may have produced some palpitations as kids (and the kids at heart) went trick or treating, but for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) 'twas a fairly ho-hum event. At the conclusion of its 30-31 October policy meeting, the Japanese central served ...

S&P hit with historic court decision

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... global law firm Squire Patton Boggs (SPB), concerns synthetic collateralised debt obligations (SCDOs) sold by the Commonwealth Bank and rated by S&P. These types of products attracted significant investments from multiple investor sectors - SPB mentions ...

Banks will step out of wealth: Medcraft

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
Outgoing ASIC chair Greg Medcraft believes the big four banks will continue to sell wealth management arms because it's tough to restore the consumer trust repeatedly tarnished by these businesses. Speaking at a Sydney Financial Forum event yesterday ...

Contango Asset Management chief departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... was the chief investment officer at Equity Trustees and UBS Australia. He was also an investment strategist at Macquarie Bank, a senior portfolio manager at Challenger and Australian head of fixed income at HBSC Global Asset Management. Amos said Boubouras ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
Three of the world's biggest central banks will meet this week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) had already started their monetary policy deliberations yesterday and is set to conclude later today. This is expected to be a non-event with policy unchanged and ...

BEAR has 'teeth': Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
Bank executives and directors who breach their obligations under the Banking Executive Accountability Regime will face much tougher penalties and consequences, Treasurer Scott Morrison warns. Morrison told the Financial Services Council and BT Political ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
Want a sure bet for next week's Melbourne Cup? Bet on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) not moving on interest rates when its board meets on Melbourne Cup Day, Tuesday 7 November. Yes Virginia, I know, it's like saying that sugar is sweet and made ...

Robo-advice raises alarm: ARRIA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... online tool that allows users to interact with chat bot FLIQ (Financial Literacy IQ) about financial matters ranging from bank balances and superannuation to insurance policies. Unlike the Qantas Money app, which only goes as far as aggregating accounts ...

Ex-RBA Governor joins Macquarie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank will welcome a former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia to its boards next month. Glenn Stevens, who served as Governor between 2006 and 2016, will join both boards on November 1 as an independent director. ...