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Former NZ Prime Minister joins bank board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
ANZ Bank New Zealand appointed the country's former Prime Minister as chair. Sir John Key replaces John Judge, who will retire as chair in January next year, a position he's held since 2012. Judge joined the board in December 2008 as an independent ...

BNP Paribas shuts out non-renewable energy producers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... long-standing partner to the energy sector and determined to support the transition to a more sustainable world. "As an international bank, our role is to help drive the energy transition and contribute to the decarbonisation of the economy. As we have ...

Go ahead BOE, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... US dollar and the Japanese yen (and to a two-month high against the strengthening euro). That was on 14 September when the Bank of England (BOE) kept policy unchanged as expected but warned that "...some withdrawal of monetary stimulus is likely to be ...

Board changes at Crestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... also sits on Seven West Media's audit and risk committee, and has served on the board of law firm Freehills and Commonwealth Bank's life and general insurance companies. Chief operating officer Michelle Inns will step down as a director following Crestone's ...

Global fund manager names new investment lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... tools. Prior to joining the firm, she was a principal at Mercer Investment Consulting, and before that, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Perpetual trustee business wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... "We are delighted to be appointed RE of Metrics' new listed investment trust, which will provide a rare opportunity for non-bank investors to invest in diversified Australian corporate fixed income," Perpetual Corporate Trust general manager of managed ...

ABA announces new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... industry reform." Traditionally, the chair position rotates between the major banks' chief executives. While the Commonwealth Bank was next in line, the announcement that Ian Narev would depart in 2018 brought forward ANZ's rotation. "For the sake of ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... 16,000 points by 2013, above 20,000 point in mid-2015 and more than 21,000 today. This could be the "virtuous cycle" the Bank of Japan (BOJ) had been constantly harping about. This is encouraging but it's still early days. And if the IMF's prediction ...

ANZ splits OnePath businesses, revamps life insurance team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... though, it makes sense for us to keep the ANZ Financial Planners and Wealth Connect and we need to engage them in the broader bank network to make sure we can offer those solutions," she said. "So, there is a difference, you are right, from where we ...

Westpac faces class action over life insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... charging higher life insurance premiums via its network of financial planners. Shine Lawyers filed the class action against the bank and its subsidiary, Westpac Life Insurance Services, on behalf of customers and superannuation funds that were recommended ...