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NAB partners with life insurance, advice provider

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
The big four bank announced its partnership with Australia's largest medical defence organisation to extend its business finance solutions to doctors and healthcare professionals. NAB's Medfin Finance team signed a 10-year strategic partnership agreement ...

ASIC settlement hits E&P profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... Statutory loss of $18.8 million was led by $11.2 non-cash impairment of goodwill in E&P Wealth, its costs of takeover defence against 360 Capital and costs of the ASIC action against Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Services which is soon to be settled ...

HESTA hires technology strategist

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
... sectors for over 30 years. He previously held the chief information officer in the Australian government's Department of Defence for nearly five years and was in a similar role at ANZ's New Zealand branch. His other experience includes working in IT ...

How wealthy families protect assets no matter what

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... they were spending each season in a different place, but it is very important that you track where you are and have a defence," he said. This is to ensure that they can meet the "substantial presence" test in the US - which can determine in which jurisdiction ...

ASIC takes on NAB for fee-for-no service breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... Hagger and general manager of advice partnerships Ross Barnwell. In response to Archibald's testimony, NAB's legal defence said the bank accepts that it must pay a "substantial pecuniary penalty". "The bank recognises that each of the penalty ...

Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... 19.3% now. And this changing landscape is creating geopolitical tensions. Ashley Townshend, director of foreign policy and defence at United States Studies Centre said the US is playing catchup when it comes to China, applying progressively aggressive ...

Property Funds Association appoints president

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... Fund. She has previously served as a fund manager at SCA Property Group and has also held roles with Woolworths Group and Defence Housing Australia. "We are delighted to appoint Andrew and Melissa to the roles of president and vice president. They each ...

Mercer adds investment, superannuation experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... Services. Joining the board alongside Gosling is Alice Williams, who is currently chair of the investment committee for Defence Health and chair of the audit committee for Djerriwarrh Investments. "We are very fortunate to have two esteemed industry ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... European and US peers, and some Asian countries. The Australian active fund management industry may have a more successful defence against the growing movement toward index strategies, the Tidal Forces report found, after analysing hundreds of millions ...

Chances of CBA admitting to Essential Super wrongdoing "non-existent"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... of the financial product recommended or the advice given." This followed ASIC's lawyer relaying CBA and CFS's defence that "there was no influence of the type spoken of in the definition of conflicted remuneration... sums of money were relatively ...