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Last chance to attend Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... Investment Managers head of Framlington Equities, Asia, Mark Tinker Trump, Brexit and European elections, ongoing central bank policy and developments in property, currency and interest rates will all be on the agenda for the 11th annual forum and breakfast. ...

NSW government pins fintech job hopes to H2 Ventures

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... General Assembly Australia founder Riley Bachelor. The venture was also backed by independent directors David Koch, Beyond Bank chair Anne O'Donnell, and former Assistant Innovation Minister Wyatt Roy. H2Ocean was forced to pull their ASX float in October ...

NAB appoints research veteran to head retirement arm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... relationship management at BNP Paribas Securities Services and spent nine years as general manager Victoria for ABN AMRO Bank. Long's appointment follows NAB's major overhaul of its wealth division last year, which saw the departure of three members ...

Credit where credit is not due

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
"I swear by the moon and the stars in the skies..." (All-4-One). Time and gain, Beijing has promised to curtail excessive borrowing in its domestic economy to contain asset bubbles and mitigate financial risks. However, fresh Chinese credit data shows ...

La Trobe gains new ground on aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... year ago, La Trobe launched a new retirement lending product unseen in the Australian market. It is not quite a traditional bank loan and not quite a reverse mortgage. Instead, the La Trobe Financial Aged Care Loan combines certain elements of both to ...

ING partners for fraud prevention

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... management software provider to upgrade its fraud detection and prevention facilities. The move occurs ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) launching the New Payments Platform, which will allow real-time transactions between any participating ...

Australian Unity buys Altius, sells down Wingate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
As part of an expansion of its wealth business, Australian Unity will purchase the remainder of fixed interest manager Altius Asset Management. In a statement to Financial Standard, Australian Unity Wealth chief executive David Bryant said it is part ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... Broadly J.P. Morgan highlighted US dollar strength, the growth of treasury yields, and signs the return of inflation to central bank targets - which they acknowledge is "heating up but not ready to boil over." With a view towards diversification, Craig ...

ANZ unloads UDC Finance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... Finance to a global financial services, tourism, and logistics firm. Continuing its strategy to simplify its business, the bank announced it has entered a NZ$660 million agreement with HNA Group to sell the asset finance firm - a wholly owned subsidiary ...

BT strategist joins growth fund board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The Templeton Global Growth Fund is welcoming a new director. BT Financial Group senior strategic adviser Chris Freeman joins the board with 40 years' experience in financial services, particularly in the investment community, funds management and advice ...