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BNP Paribas adds to custody team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
BNP Paribas has announced the appointment of Sam Meares as head of banking services operations Australia and New Zealand. Reporting to chief operating officer, David Banks, Meares will be responsible for managing the operations teams of the bank's ...

No such thing as a free lunch: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has said the government will likely need to borrow more money, but warned the central bank will not directly provide funding. Giving his annual address to the Anika Foundation, Lowe stressed that while ...

No returns in sight for AAP investors

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
The consortium that saved Australian Associated Press' newswire will get no return on their investment, with contributors donating anywhere between $3000 and $1 million at the close of the financial year. Led by impact investor Nick Harrington and philanthropist ...

LGS certified carbon neutral

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... certification includes all LGS employees, the Sydney head office, and the fund's seven regional offices. Chief executive, Phil Stockwell, said: "Sustainability has always been a core value for LGS and becoming carbon neutral underlines our long-standing ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
"The Australian economy is going through a very difficult period and is experiencing the biggest contraction since the 1930s... Conditions have, however, stabilised recently and the downturn has been less severe than earlier expected... There has also ...

RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates steady at its July meeting but said it is standing ready to scale-up its bond buying purchases again to ensure bond markets remain functional. The RBA board decided to maintain the current policy settings ...

BT un-aligns group insurance, awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
Westpac's BT super has awarded a group insurance mandate, switching members away from Westpac Life Insurance Services. AIA Australia has been appointed as the new group insurer, with the change coming into effect from 1 July 2020. The change will impact ...

Indigenous foundation teams up with super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... about their superannuation, including what benefits superannuation has over the short and long term. FNF chief executive Phil Usher told Financial Standard he would like to see more funds get on board to help those in more remote communities. "It's a ...

JBWere to add 50 to team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
NAB has announced it is looking to boost its team at JBWere with the recruitment of 50 new bankers and financial advisers. NAB said the move is part of a strategy to provide high-net -worth clients with a single point of access for their financial needs. ...

Perpetual wins government fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
A new fund from the federal government has appointed a Perpetual subsidiary as its trustee while a consortium of global managers has won the investment management mandate. The Emerging Markets Impact Investment Fund (EMIIF) will invest in small to medium ...