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CBA uses virtual reality to revitalise financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a new virtual reality education program aimed at increasing the financial literacy of young Australians. With a recent survey from Zurich revealing Australians to be overconfident when it comes to money ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Australia retail sales It hasn't been since January this year that we saw retail spending increase at this monthly rate. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that retail sales grew by 0.4% in the month of August - higher than the ...

Fraudulent adviser faces court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
A former New South Wales financial adviser has appeared in court over 19 fraud-related charges brought by ASIC. Following an investigation by the regulator, Gabriel Nakhl faced the Local Court of New South Wales yesterday, accused of engaging in dishonest ...

Zurich reveals risk distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Zurich has unveiled an expanded distribution team following its acquisition of Macquarie Life's risk business. Having already appointed Dave Evans to the role of national sales manager, the insurer has now added a further 14 new members across its business ...

AustralianSuper and IFM seek energy asset

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
About 30 superannuation funds are in line to own a majority share in Ausgrid, one of New South Wales' largest electricity networks. Ahead of the NSW government re-launching its Ausgrid acquisition process, both IFM Investors and AustralianSuper submitted ...

Suncorp appoints new wealth CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Suncorp has appointed a new chief executive banking and wealth, and made two other leadership team changes. David Carter was previously chief financial officer for banking and wealth. He has held other roles at Suncorp, including executive general manager ...

BNP appoints sales manager from J.P. Morgan

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
BNP Paribas has appointed a new sales manager for New South Wales and Queensland. David Pember joins BNP from J.P. Morgan, where he was executive director, sales manager asset managers and insurance companies. Prior to that, he was a director of strategic ...

ASIC hands down more permanent bans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former AMP financial planner from providing financial services, deciding he is "not of good fame and character." Rommel Panganiban of New South Wales, an authorized representative of AMP Financial Planning between 2010 ...

Link directors resign

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Two Link Group directors have resigned following a sell down of remaining shares from two of the company's pre-IPO investors. Both Paul McCullagh and Cameron Blanks resigned from their board positions on Friday, following the previous day's sell down ...

Insurers face significant asset risk charges from downgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
Life and general insurers face the risk of higher asset charges if a sovereign downgrade occurs, according to senior portfolio manager- fixed income at Nikko Asset Management, Darren Langer. In July Standard and Poor's Global Ratings (S&P) revised the ...