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Chief economist update: Equity markets struck by coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... 0.5%, the S&P 500 by 0.3%, the Nasdaq by 0.02%, and the Russell 2000 by 0.8 after the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in Washington State. This followed the share market declines in the Asia Pacific ...

ANZ overcharges 3.4 million customers

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... alleged money laundering breaches. "There has also been considerable shareholder interest in the role banks play in the prevention of financial crime," he said. "We take this role incredibly seriously and have been proactively reviewing the systems and ...

Westpac gives investors an out

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... next big bank in AUSTRAC's sights, releasing a statement which sets out the actions the bank has taken to help in the prevention of financial crime in banking. Following shareholder queries, ANZ chief risk officer Kevin Corbally yesterday said protecting ...

Brian Hartzer steps down from Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... determined to urgently fix these issues and lift our standards to ensure our anti-money laundering and other financial crime prevention processes are industry leading." At the same time, Maxsted announced longstanding director Ewen Crouch will not seek ...

Westpac halts short-term bonuses, culls Litepay

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... year over the next three years. Westpac will convene the roundtable to develop a program of actions to support the prevention of online child exploitation. "We understand the gravity of the issues presented by AUSTRAC and reiterate our deep sorrow for ...

Financial planning pioneer to speak at FPA Congress

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... support from the government. The next 17 years of his life were spent working with high school students in suicide prevention. As a part of this work he made his first visit to Australia more than 25 years ago to work on a program called Peer Power in ...

AFA Foundation headed for milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... key charity partner of the AFA Foundation, with Lacheur saying that while everyone is aware of Lifeline, the suicide prevention charity often cannot answer up to 20% of calls because of lack of funding. The AFA Foundation's charity partners this year ...

Industry veterans recognised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... SuperFriend Hewett was executive officer of the Industry Funds Forum, advocating for an industry response to suicide prevention and the impacts of mental illness. President and chief executive of La Trobe Financial, Greg O'Neill received the honour ...

APRA to boost staff numbers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... institutions," he said. "What will not change, however, is APRA's role as a safety regulator focused on supervision, with prevention as our primary goal." Byres also noted the cases referred to the prudential regulator by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne ...

In a nutshell: Federal Budget 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... $328 million to women's safety. The Government has also committed $461 million to youth mental health and suicide prevention support program, headspace. "Six years ago when we came to government the economy was weakening, unemployment was rising ...