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Incumbents can innovate or separate: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Financial services incumbents must lean on and learn from fintechs to carry industry innovation toward future consumer demands or risk being left behind. Speaking ahead of the AltFi Australasia Summit on 16 April, Credible founder and chief executive ...

Instos lap up unlisted infrastructure: Preqin

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
Institutional investors have amped up their appetite for unlisted infrastructure, driving up valuations and increasing competition for deals in the asset class, says Preqin. Preqin surveyed 65 infrastructure managers in November, 2017, with the aim ...

Royal Commission could lead to credit crunch: UBS

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Recent UBS commentary suggests one plausible scenario where the knock-on effects of the Royal Commission could lead to a "credit crunch" scenario. In an update co-authored by analysts Jonathan Mott and Rachel Bentvelzen as well as economists George ...

ING ramps up wholesale lending business

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
ING Australia increased its wholesale lending by 24% over the previous year, the bank's 2017 results show. Clients of ING's wholesale banking loans include the Sydney Metro Northwest, New Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Queensland's Clare Solar Farm. "We ...

Look inside to drive fintech forward: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
An online mortgage broker believes fintechs partnering with robo-advisers, digital banks and online lenders is important for industry innovation but even more critical are relationships with established players. Speaking ahead of the AltFi Australasia ...

YBR appoints new general manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
A new general manager will join Yellow Brick Road in April. Glenn Gibson joins YBR having previously been head of sales and marketing at AMP. Before that, he was national sales manager, third-party distribution at AMP Bank, national sales manager at ...

ANZ halts asset secured loans to retail customers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
ANZ will stop issuing new secured asset finance loans to retail customers, as the bank conducts an internal review of the business. New loans will cease from 30 April. "Given the increased technology costs required to effectively compete in the secured ...

SMEs shun banks, turn to fintechs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
Small-to-medium enterprises are increasingly shunning banks and turning to fintechs and alternative sources to fuel growth and operational needs, an SME growth sentiment index shows. The proportion of SMEs planning to use banks dropped from 38% to 24% ...

Financial advice under the Royal Commission spotlight next month

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
The Royal Commission will set its sights on the financial advice industry in April, with the first hearing taking place on the 16th. The first round of public hearings commenced today and focused on consumer lending practices regarding credit products ...

Skyring names new head of distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
Skyring Asset Management has appointed a new head of distribution. Sam Benjamin joins Skyring from Smarter Money Investments, where he was an investment consultant. Prior to that, he was a regional sales manager in New South Wales and Western Australia ...