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ASIC bans SA insurance broker

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... funding to Elantis Premium Funding. Griggs forged the signatures on the applications and then paid approved loan funds into his bank account. Griggs managed to secure more than $155,000 by doing this, and was also paid commissions totalling more than ...

Macquarie merges businesses, exec departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
Macquarie has merged two of its three capital markets facing businesses. The bank has combined Macquarie Securities Group (MSG) and the Commodities and Financial Markets Group (CFM), now forming the Commodities and Global Markets Group (CGM). Macquarie ...

AMP advice chief departs in executive restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... Blight-Johnston and group executive operations Wendy Thorpe will also leave the company, although the latter will join AMP Bank's board as a non-executive director. Of the departures, AMP chief executive Craig Meller said: "I would like to thank those ...

AMP Capital senior manager joins CFS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... implementation of the wealth management responsible investing framework within CFS. The framework applies to all Commonwealth Bank's wealth management businesses including CFS, and was announced as part of a broader suite of updated environmental, social ...

CBA, Westpac put spotlight on financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have launched their first Financial Inclusion Action Plans in a bid to help those experiencing financial exclusion. The FIAP program, led by Good Shepherd Microfinance in partnership with the Centre for Social Impact, EY ...

Class joins forces with bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Class has integrated with a global bank to satisfy demand from SMSFs for access to international assets. Partnering with HSBC, Class will now receive a direct-connect data feed from the bank's savings, transaction and term deposit accounts in its wealth ...

Trump protectionism protects not the emerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Reflation - the word that dominated central bank memes after the global financial crisis is back in vogue. While it became something of "it's at the back of everyone's minds, but not talked about" in intervening years, President-elect Trump has brought ...

SMSFs encouraged to embrace fintech

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
SMSF members need to embrace fintech to minimise the erosion of returns and add simplicity to the costs of both asset ownership and administration. Managed account software provider MA Operator says many SMSFs are paying for services they don't need ...

Bank inquiry recommends breaking big four oligopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... that currently the remediation process for consumers was too complex, noting that: "a customer in a dispute with a major bank would need to approach the FOS; a customer in a dispute with a credit union would need to approach either the FOS or the CIO ...

ACCC slams Macquarie and ANZ for cartel conduct

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is commencing proceedings against ANZ and Macquarie Bank for attempted cartel conduct. ANZ and Macquarie co-operated with the ACCC's investigation, and the parties have agreed that the court will be ...