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Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... role of global head of business development. He joins the advice group from ANZ, where he was head of origination, corporate bank. - Kinetic Super hires head of product A - Industry fund Kinetic Super created the role of head of product to expand its ...

Three for three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... threes are inherently funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things". (Wikipedia) The People's Bank of China (PBOC) must be a believer for yesterday it went for a devaluation trifecta - 1.9% Tuesday, 1.2% Wednesday and 1.1% ...

Xero inking partnership for real-time PI insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... there in Xero if you've been using it for two or three years," he said. "All of that credit-checking data points needed for a bank to assess risk and approve a loan is all there in Xero, right down to the transaction layer." Similarly, he argued that ...

Difficult year for insurance income: CBA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev said it had been a difficult year for life insurance income and more work needs to be done to make its product attractive. Yesterday the bank announced a $9.1 billion cash profit for the past financial year ...

Westpac insurance adviser gets permanent ban

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
A Westpac financial planner has been permanently banned for submitting false insurance policy proposals to the bank to obtain benefits for himself. Victoria-based adviser Martin Hodgetts submitted nine false insurance policies between May and September ...

Capital raising not total solution: CIFR

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... attention has been paid to governance despite a strong link between governance and risk-taking. Yesterday the Commonwealth Bank announced a $5 billion capital raising that will see an opportunity for eligible shareholders to buy one new share for every ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Look ma, China's central bank must have read the piece I've written yesterday morning calling their 1.9% devaluation a mere speck. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) topped it up with another devaluation of 1.6% by the afternoon for a grand total of ...

CBA profit tops $9 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Commonwealth Bank recorded a $9.1 billion cash profit in the last financial year with its wealth management arm the only division to see a profit drop. The bank's total cash profit was a 5.3% increase on the previous year yet its wealth management profits ...

GBST wealth management performance drives 52% profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Wealth management and capital markets software provider GBST has posted its full-year results for FY2015, showing a 52% boost in net profit to $15.3 million. Revenue in subsidiary GBST Wealth Management, which provides the Composer funds administration ...

Findex appoints former ANZ exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... head of business development. Peter Gardiner joins the advice group from ANZ, where he was head of origination, corporate bank. Commenting on the appointment, Findex chief executive Spiro Paule said, "Peter has deep experience in both 'Big 4s'. He held ...