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BTIG names co-heads of APAC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... based in Sydney, Australia while Harrison remains Singapore-based. Dalgleish has been leading the Australian unit since November 2019 and prior to that was an executive at UBS, working across portfolio trading and beta solutions. Harrison joined BTIG ...

AFCA welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... new independent chair of AFCA, replacing Coonan, whose tenure comes to an end this month. Coonan announced at AFCA's November 2020 annual general meeting that she would not seek re-appointment. Pollaers held several executive roles during his career. ...

Low FASEA pass rate continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... 69% of candidates passed the March exam, better than the 67% that passed in January but below the 76% that passed in November last year. The results are also less impressive than the overall 89% who have passed the exam across all sittings. Over 13,500 ...

TAL fund in SFT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... Trust by way of a successor fund transfer. TAL Life will remain the insurer but Mercer will become administrator. In November 2020, TAL moved most Accelerated Protection customers with their insurance through the fund to TAL Super by way of a successor ...

Former Westpac chief executive in new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... for Sayers and our clients, and we look forward to working with him." Hartzer departure from Westpac was announced in November 2019, after AUSTRAC alleged Westpac was involved in "systematic" non-compliance with the Anti Money Laundering and Counter ...

AMP advice transformation leads exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... advice business has left after seven months. Jill Hopkins was the advice transformation program director, appointed in November 2020 as part of the group chief executive Francesco De Ferrari's three-year turnaround strategy. AMP confirmed that Hopkins ...

Chief economist update: Did the BOE just announce taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... January and its completion was expected by around the end of 2021. As envisaged since the announcement of the programme in November 2020 and consistent with developments in financial markets since then, the pace of these continuing purchases could now ...

State Street to track Bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... the day and track sentiment over time. This will expand the MediaStats Thematic Indicators offering, which launched in November 2020. The indicators read hundreds of thousands of digital news sources to generate daily sentiment signals for various assets ...

Former adviser cops eight-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... representative of ANZ. Lee represented Infocus between 5 June 2010 and 15 June 2017, and ANZ between 19 September 2017 and 19 November 2018. She is no longer providing financial advice. "Financial advisers must act with honesty and integrity in their ...

ANZ profits up 45%, dividends double

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... In institutional business, its market share in clearing services in Australia and New Zealand grew to 58% from 50% at November end. "While many households and businesses are still doing it tough, Australia and New Zealand are emerging from the sharpest ...