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Australian Ethical divests AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... approach to any organisation is that it's extremely important to have evidence about their governance. We expect in the normal course that we will see all the hearings completed, and in doing so see more from Westpac and NAB - in particular their small ...

ANZ appoints two senior executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... businesses and will make a valuable contribution as we continue to improve engagement with the government, regulators and of course our people," Elliott said. George joined ANZ in 2013 as managing director insurance and has been the group executive for ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... to A$10.2 billion (0.5% of GDP) from A$7.4 billion (0.4% of GDP) anticipated in the May 2017 Budget papers. The hope, of course, is that the Australian government's generosity would generate a stronger labour market, stronger consumer spending and business ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... Beijing. At this point, not many expect a substantial breakthrough in the negotiations given its limited 2-day schedule and of course, the bull-headed stance of the parties involved. But after the first day of talks, it's so far, so good. Bloomberg quotes ...

CBA finds no evidence of customer data breach

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... Sullivan said. "We concluded, given the results of the investigation, that we would not alert customers. We discussed this course of action with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner who subsequently advised that it did not intend to ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... market crises and make decisions which "are not necessarily in their best interests." His point being that while staying the course might be in someone's best interests, the challenge is to educate them and convert them to go against natural instinct ...

Nick Bolton back on ASIC radar

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... behaviour. The Corporations Act provides for review of ASIC's decisions under s 206F, among others, and that is the proper course for Sebastian to have taken. "In my hypothetical scenario, it seems to me that the only course would be open to me to affirm ...

Brenner leaves AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... sought to act in the best interests of the company and have been in discussions with the board about the most appropriate course of action, including my resignation." Brenner said her resignation will act as a step towards restoring trust and confidence ...

Advisers react to Royal Commission revelations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... to those we believe will benefit from our recommendations. If we believe there is no future value to be created from a course of action, we tell it straight, even when it's not what someone wants to hear. Early in my career (well before best interest ...

Treasurer backs ASIC investigations

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... identification of suspected illegal conduct "gives me great confidence that ASIC will continue to deal with this matter and of course the Royal Commission will as well." The Treasurer described AMP's admissions at the Commission as deeply disturbing. ...