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Former ING DIRECT chief joins P2P lender

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... most experienced bankers to our board. Vaughn's track record in building loan market share in Australia is unrivalled. His focus on customers, innovation, culture and leadership has positively transformed our financial system, and helped put more money ...

ASIC compensation skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... and how these products are designed, disclosed and marketed. In the coming months, ASIC's Wealth Management Project will focus on improving the standards of major financial advice providers in regards to quality of advice and remediation. "We intend ...

Women key to finance sector culture issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
The financial sector's culture weaknesses will drive more focus on the importance of gender diversity, according to AustralianSuper chair Heather Ridout. Ridout told this morning's ASX panel discussion on diversity in financial markets that giving women ...

Emerging markets investment grows with new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... Poland, Egypt and Brazil. Utilising a combination of quantitative factors and deep due diligence, Remerga employs a strong focus on ESG factors when selecting stocks fit for investment. Remerga co-founder, director and chief investment officer Craig ...

Merger creates active management behemoth

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... company and that this would be achieved through continued investment in diversification and growth, coupled with a sharp focus on financial discipline. We are therefore delighted that this announcement marks another important step towards achieving that ...

Global advice group becomes investment bank

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... private bank, deVere Investments will become an integral part of our global business and will, naturally, have a laser-like focus on delivering an unrivalled, results-driven service for our clients."

QIC answers global infrastructure demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... successful fund-raise underscores strong institutional investor support for alternative investments as well as QIC's strategic focus on diversified alternatives." QGIF has received strong support from Australasian investors (including from China, Japan ...

MLC Life Insurance upgrades underwriting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
The underwriting process for retail-advised life policies will be accelerated by the introduction of MLC Life Insurance's new tele-underwriting service. Halving the lengthy underwriting process, the new Fast Track service will benefit both financial ...

Listed advice groups gaining ground

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... contribute to cashflows in the last two years and we also know that 2016 has been a tough environment for our advisers. Our focus in 2017 will be on helping them improve processes and productivity, enabling them to spend more time with their customers," ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
The just-released "OECD Economic Surveys, Australia" provided a pretty growth picture of the domestic economy, forecasting GDP growth of 2.6% this year and 3.1% in 2018 - one that would lower the current jobless rate from 5.7% (January 2017) to 5.5% ...