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First Sentier launches ESG debt strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... expertise and strong institutional relationships. In turn, MUFG Bank brings its scale and experience as one of the largest lenders to the renewables sector in the Asia Pacific," Togher said. "The initiative demonstrates how we can collaborate with our ...

Westpac earnings take hit

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... $56 million cost associated with ending the relationship with IOOF and an $84 million write-down of goodwill related to lenders mortgage insurance. Furthermore, the bank recorded an accounting loss of $113 million on the sale of Westpac Pacific along ...

Latitude IPOs despite spotted past

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... companies named by ASIC in a review that found unacceptable sales practices in consumer credit insurance sold by Australian lenders. Latitude was also one of the companies named in ASIC's work to remediate consumers for junk consumer credit insurance. ...

Atlas Wealth launches mortgage brokerage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... having lived that life myself." Atlas advises Australian clients who have migrated to over 25 countries and has some 30 lenders on its panel.

Junk insurance lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... efficiently, honestly and fairly," court documents read. The action follows ASIC's investigation of 11 major banks and other lenders selling junk insurance. ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said the investigations in late 2018 and 2019 found lenders had ...

360 Capital to raise $93m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... managing Australian and New Zealand debt investments. Currently, Dealt's electronic marketplace has 67 Australian non-bank lenders and 485 brokers signed up to its platform. In a letter to shareholders and investors, 360 Capital chair David van Aanholt ...

QBE appoints local chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... Sydney-based role in August. Houghton is currently Westpac's managing director for insurance across three units: life insurance lenders mortgage insurance and general insurance. Prior to this she worked as Arthur J Gallagher's chief financial officer ...

Best, worst investment ideas for 2021: ARK

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... services ARK predicts that traditional banks are facing sizeable risks from digital wallets like Alipay and Venmo and digital lenders like Klarna. Venmo, which is owned by PayPal, amassed roughly 60 million active users in the last 10 years - a milestone ...

WTW appoints Australia segment head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... including credit and non-payment insurance, political risk insurance, commercial surety, terrorism and political violence, and lenders insurance advisory. Garvey first worked at WTW in 2012 and returns after working with three major insurance brokers. ...

New property fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... few years, including increased liquidity restrictions, have accelerated the recognition of non-banks as viable market lenders. The subsequent outbreak of COVID-19 has placed further constraints on traditional lenders," Fowler said. "Even in this volatile ...