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Westpac to review history of new applicants

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
Following yesterday's news of another former Westpac adviser being banned by ASIC, the bank has announced that anybody applying for a permanent role with the Westpac Group will now be subjected to a background check. Designed to identify any past instances ...

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... Japan showed no growth in the year to April after falling by 0.3% in the previous month. This would be a concern for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) because weak wages growth translates to slower consumption that, in turn, puts downward pressure on inflation ...

AMP Capital names key real assets hires

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... transportation infrastructure in Europe and Latin America. Before this role, Jones was director, equity research at the Royal Bank of Canada. Oliver Reiff, meanwhile, has been appointed portfolio manager and analyst for AMP Capital's global listed real ...

ASIC bans former Westpac adviser

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... systematically failed to meet his ongoing advice service obligations over a period of six years while he was employed by the bank. According to the regulator, this included a failure to conduct ongoing reviews for at least nine clients who had paid for ...

MDA operator appoints distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... recently director of business development with Calastone for almost two years and has previously held roles with Macquarie Bank, Asgard and Count Financial. Managedaccounts.com.au chief executive David Heather said: "Using his considerable experience ...

Advisers maintain trustworthy reputation: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... accountants are the most admired finance-related workers and accordingly, have maintained this reputation for the past 26 years. Bank managers improved their standing on the prior year with 33% stating their ethics and honesty were commendable. An overwhelming ...

BetaShares launches defensive ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... and exceed returns on cash and short-dated term deposits. Listed on the ASX with ticker code QPON, BetaShares' Australian Bank Senior Floating Rate Bond ETF currently yields 2.87% per annum (excluding fees). About 80% of investments are allocated to ...

Default super must protect member interests: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... Scheerlinck said. Seventy-one per cent said employers shouldn't be able to select a default fund that is associated with a bank, Scheerlinck said. This said, one in four employees didn't know if they were in a default fund. More than half of respondents ...

Economic growth slows to 1.7pct but not as bad as feared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... negative quarter (especially after the previous day's disappointing current account numbers). But only just. Even the Reserve Bank expected it when it kept the official cash rate steady at 1.5% after yesterday's board meeting. The RBA said: "Year-ended ...

XTB appoints new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... principal at Challis Investment Partners. Before the ACBC, Martin was head of rates and head of structured products at Deutsche Bank, head of trading fixed income for Gen Re Financial Products and a member of the Australian Financial Markets Association ...