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Deutsche Bank expands Australian operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
Deutsche Bank has launched a cash management business in Australia, adding 14 new staff including a head of cash product. In what the bank is describing as "a terrific boost for local employees", the new Australian business marks the 14 th in Asia Pacific ...

AIST pokes holes in Your Super, Your Choice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has criticised the government's Your Super, Your Choice reforms, saying they fail to protect existing members in underperforming funds. Outlining its view of the reforms, AIST pointed out the need ...

Asset managers want action on modern-day slavery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
Asset management heavyweights are urging the nation's top 100 companies to take modern-day slavery and labour exploitation seriously by lifting the hood on their supply chains. The Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking (IAST) APAC, a newly-formed ...

Findex appoints chief growth officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
Findex has announced the appointment of a chief growth officer to further support existing clients and grow Findex's customer base in Australia and New Zealand. Chris Carey will join the executive team at Findex, joining from Aon Australia where he ...

Barrenjoey Capital hires from FIIG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
The newly-launched, Magellan-backed investment bank has added a head of credit risk from FIIG Securities. Asmita Kulkarni left the role of director, investment strategy group at FIIG to join the new venture established by former Challenger managing ...

Gwen Fletcher Award winner named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the winner of its prestigious biannual Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Jacob McCudden from Back to Back Financial Planners, an advice business based in the regional town of Young in New ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
News that a COVID-19 vaccine is nigh has injected optimism in the world economies, financial markets and commodity markets, including oil. Oil prices jumped to two-month highs - WTI oil to US$41.36 per barrel; Brent oil to US$43.61 - following reports ...

AAT affirms SMSF adviser ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has upheld a ban imposed by ASIC on an SMSF adviser who failed to disclose significant conflicts of interest. In December 2019, Wayne Blazejczyk was banned by the regulator for five years after he was found ...

CountPlus adds former MLC practice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
CountPlus has added new financial advice firm to the fold that was part of MLC's Godfrey Pembroke for 19 years. Ascent Private Wealth joined CountPlus as a member firm, leaving the MLC dealer group shortly after it was acquired by IOOF. Melbourne-based ...

Dealer group chief departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
The chief executive of an IOOF licensee will depart the group, as the impacts of the company's wealth restructure continues to be felt. Lonsdale Financial Group chief executive Mark Stephen will depart at the end of the month. The move comes after Milennium3 ...