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Treasurer announces FIRB, RBA appointments

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... Schwartz is back as a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board. Kay has more than 30 years' experience in the finance sector both in executive and non-executive roles and has previously worked as a banker and as a lawyer at Morgan Stanley ...

Saxo taps Bell Direct, IOOF talent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... financial adviser and previously held roles Commonwealth Bank, Suncorp and AMP. She previously headed content for Sequoia's Finance News Network and has broadcast experience with Nine, Seven, Sky News and ABC. "I'm incredibly excited to be joining a ...

Citi launches sustainability-linked supply chain finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
Citi launched its first sustainability-linked supply chain finance program in Asia Pacific, aiming to support clients advance their ESG priorities. The supply chain finance programs provide funding to a client's suppliers from the date of collection ...

Australians look to gift crypto assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... worried about unscrupulous activity and scams. A further 41% said the lack of acceptance of cryptocurrencies by traditional finance sources was a concern. Australians are clearly very keen to adopt cryptocurrencies and integrate their use into day-to-day ...

Boutique recruits portfolio manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... trading in Sydney and London, as well as a graduate in the global markets division. Wilson is currently a member of the finance committee at Bayley House, a not-for-profit that helps adults with intellectual disability. "The appointment of James is another ...

BT confirms changes to super business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... Also piled into the new division was its wealth platforms, investments business, general and life insurance, and auto finance. In August this year the sale of the life insurance business was announced, with Tal Dai-ichi Life Australia paying about $900 ...

Brokers warn of looming disaster

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
The Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) has issued a dire warning, claiming Australian borrowers could not afford to pay 1% more on their mortgages or rent. The FBAA commissioned a survey, conducted by research firm McCrindle, to assess ...

The challenge of retirement income

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... the Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement Income that finding a solution with the existing instruments in finance is really difficult. "At a very simple level when we're working, we receive a paycheque every month which meets our everyday ...

Metrics Credit Partners acquires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... has acquired a small and medium-sized enterprise business lending specialist. Metrics has acquired SME lender Bigstone Finance. Metrics managing partner Andrew Lockhart said the addition of the Bigstone team to the funding capability of Metrics would ...

£450bn in inflation-linked UK DB liabilities unmatched

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... since the financial crisis - with a truly record breaking £486 billion raised in 2020/21 as the government needed to finance the fight against the pandemic ‐ there remains a shortfall of index‐linked gilts," Alpha director of CDI Shajahan Alam said. ...