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CBA progresses with divestment to AIA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
Commonwealth Bank has received another payment furthering the divestment of its life insurance business to AIA Group. CBA has received a payment of approximately $450 million for the sale of CommInsure Life with the proceeds resulting in a pro forma ...

ASIC, IOSCO report on debt capital raisings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... B-rated issue in March 2019, a $2.5 billion AAA-rated issue from the Treasury Corporation Victoria in March 2019, the Commonwealth Government's $19 billion AAA-rated transaction in May this year, and Woolworths Group's $1 billion -BBB-rated issue, also ...

ASIC wealth director nabs promotion

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... providing strategic advice to the Commission and other areas within ASIC. She also managed ASIC's relationship with the Commonwealth Treasury. Bird started off her career as an associated to the Honorary Michael McHugh, of the High Court of Australia ...

First Sentier completes global rebrand

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... business. Colonial First State Global Asset Management was renamed First Sentier Investors in September last year after Commonwealth Bank sold it to Japanese banking giant MUFG Group for $4 billion. First Sentier Investors chief executive officer Mark ...

CSIRO contractor in crypto scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... environment from climate change. "The consequences are clear - this was a misuse of Australian taxpayers' trust by a Commonwealth employee, motivated by personal gain and greed."

State Street cops $1.25m fine from AUSTRAC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... against Westpac which has so far notified shareholders of more than $1 billion in expected total costs from the matter, Commonwealth Bank resulting in a $700 million settlement in June 2018 (AUSTRAC dropped the case late last month) and Tabcorp resulting ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... Generations Lawyers principal David Barnden. Barnden has two other cases related to climate change on foot. O'Donnell v Commonwealth and Ors is a potential class action with lead claimant Katta O'Donnell, who owns Australian government bonds. ...

Managed funds recover FUM losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... HUB24 at 33.7%. Interestingly, the lowest increases were experienced by the top four by FUM including BT at -5.8%, Commonwealth/Colonial First State at -10.5%, AMP at -14.8% and NAB/MLC at -7.7%. IOOF's increase is attributed to its takeover of ANZ's ...

Realindex appoints former BlackRock executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... of sustainable investment in Australia. Prior to her time at BlackRock, Nash was a senior quantitative analyst at Commonwealth Bank and a consultant at NERA Economic Consulting. Realindex chief executive Andrew Francis welcomed Nash to the team and said ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... have been able to access was through CommInsure via a super fund account she still had from her time working at the Commonwealth Bank. Once Johns realised Mary did not meet CommInsure's definition of MS, he was forced to refer her to Shine Lawyers ...

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Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
The Full Federal Court of Australia has criticised regulators for falling back on appeals to re-litigate cases on a different legal basis than the one run at trial.

Evergreen founder exits Ascalon Capital

KARREN VERGARA
Ascalon Capital has bid farewell to Evergreen Consultants' founder Angela Ashton, shortly after acquiring the consulting firm last year.

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA
ASX-listed Powerhouse Ventures has partnered with an unnamed European fund manager that will commit US$50 million to its fledgling Critical Infrastructure Opportunities (CIO) Fund.

KeyInvest unveils new investment platform, awards mandate

MATTHEW WAI
KeyInvest has launched a new investment platform to include a plethora of investment strategies ranging from private credit to global equities.

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