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CBA appoints group executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
The Commonwealth Bank will aim to transform its traditional retail and small business banking model with the appointment of a new group executive to the international financial services leadership team. Coen Jonker has been promoted to the role after ...

First home buyers: Devil is in the detail for super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
Asset consultants and industry associations alike are applauding the introduction of the First Home Super Savers Scheme which they say will help young people to get a foothold in the property market. The scheme, announced as part of the Federal Budget ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... benchmark is tilted heavily towards exporters). The stronger momentum in Japanese equities is, perhaps, explained by the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) growing optimism over the country's economic outlook. In its 'Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting ...

APRA announces promotions, new hires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... APRA in 2011 from HM Treasury in the UK, where he was a senior policy adviser. Current deputy head of the European Central Bank's financial regulation division Jane O'Doherty will also join APRA as the lead of a new combined governance, operational and ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... system and are only tinkering with the housing affordability problem," De Gori said. The FPA also queried the 0.06% tax on bank liabilities, responding similarly to the Australian Bankers' Association. "There is a question about what the funds raised ...

Federal Budget is a Ginger Spice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... that had the popularity of a bunch of lead balloons," Breckon added. He saw the industry as being less positive about the bank levy and the fact that foreign residents will now pay more in capital gains tax withholding.

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... expected higher tax receipts - "as a result of policy decisions including increasing the Medicare levy, introducing a major bank levy, improving the integrity of GST on property transactions and introducing a Skilling Australians Fund levy" - and increased ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget missed the mark in setting superannuation policies right, proving they cannot be trusted with more than $2.1 trillion in assets, according to the Federal Opposition. Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen and Shadow Revenue and ...

VFMC analyst joins DMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... with more than 12 years' experience in financial markets. Prior to VFMC, Bell also worked as an equity research analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and as an investment analyst at Guild Capital Asset Management. DMP chief executive Allison Hill ...

Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Three separate financial services dispute resolution services will be combined and replaced by a 'one-stop-shop' to establish a simpler, more accessible and more affordable process for consumers. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) ...