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Citi hires new investment banking head from Deutsche

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... Citi has helped NextDC, Auckland International Airport, Shopping Centres Australasia Property Group and Electro Optic Systems to raise a collective $2 billion in equity in past two weeks. It has also recently worked with TCorp, South Australia Finance ...

It's not you, it's quarantine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... beneficiaries, which is the case with most trusts, the tax-free status of the death benefit is lost. All these complex systems to navigate cannot be dealt with in a simple 'DIY' will, and that is why getting appropriate advice is so important. "It can ...

FPA launches benchmarking tool

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... need more work. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said the new tool would allow financial advisers to strengthen their systems and processes at a time when they need it most. "As the COVID-19 pandemic creates increasing volatility in financial markets ...

Centrepoint executives depart, pay cuts implemented

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... release of Centrepoint's business continuity plan yesterday, which includes cost cutting measures, testing all critical systems and moving all staff to work from home. The company said the board and executive team have volunteered a temporary 20% reduction ...

SS&C secures platform mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... entire business. "With GWP, we move closer to becoming 'One Business, One Platform' while we migrate away from legacy systems and onto an established, robust and cutting-edge solution," Wright said. "Expanding our partnership with SS&C sets us up for ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... potential costs to life," he said. "So, for me, this crisis actually sheds light on the need to build better resilience within systems to deal with these kinds of major systemic challenges, because the cost of not tackling them is huge." For example ...

Count Financial adds tech integrations

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... improving the data handling process and creating a smoother digital experience for clients. Count Financial head of licensee systems Reg Gabila said the changes allow the group's advisers to move their workflows online. "These tools target specific ...

Westpac names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... alongside government and our regulators in supporting Australians and New Zealanders and our countries' financial systems," King said. King added that his medium-term priorities remain to drive performance through the bank's various lines of ...

ATO to verify early release requests

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... their money after an ATO determination is "essentially admitting" that their investment governance was cavalier or their systems inadequate. "I can't imagine a bigger signal to members, to the media and to regulators," Hume said. "And when everyone ...

RBA expands stimulus measures to states

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... issue, the bank was compelled to step-in due to the "very major" impact the virus is having on the economy and financial systems. "As the virus has spread, countries have restricted the movement of people across borders and have implemented social distancing ...