Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 81 - 90 of 427 results for "Bankers"

Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... time he was also a member of the ASX Supervisory Review. Prior to joining Principal Global Investors, Hoare was chair of Bankers Trust for 20 years. Also awarded a Companion in the General Division, Macquarie director and Swiss Re Australia chair Jillian ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... that the curve is inverted is no guarantee that a recession is nigh," he said. However, Arnold pointed out that central bankers typically raise short-end rates to slow the economy and combat any inflation that has started to build up. The effect often ...

Challenger bolsters exec lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... officer and the chief executive of its life insurance business in the past. Prior to joining Challenger, Howes worked at Bankers Trust and Macquarie.

Wealth an unnecessary failure: Thorburn

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... wealth management discussions such as the need for life insurance and how to save for retirement didn't come naturally to bankers, adding wealth management was outside the natural circle of banking. "When we sit down and talk to them about banking-type ...

Increase adviser standards sector-wide: FSU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... professionalisation should extend to other occupations within the sector, including lending specialists, mortgage brokers and business bankers. The imposition of professional obligations, which exist outside employment relationships, are a crucial mechanism ...

Macquarie reshuffles asset management lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... Company and National Portrait Gallery of Australia. She worked as an economic strategist and later as a board director at Bankers Trust for 22 years, ending in 1998. MQG and Macquarie Bank chair Peter Warne said: "The Macquarie boards will benefit greatly ...

Challenger appoints new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... officer and the chief executive of its life insurance business in the past. Prior to joining Challenger, Howes worked at Bankers Trust and Macquarie. Challenger board chair Peter Polson said the board has worked with Howes over many years and during ...

Pension fund manager siphons $2m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... Woodall was responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the council's pension fund, including liaising with the council's bankers on payments to be made and investments received. Westminster City Council said Woodall was, at that time, a trusted member ...

FSU, FSC respond to interim report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... spiral out of control. It was because of conflicted remuneration, a sales culture that put profits before people and senior bankers and executives of financial corporations who were content to ride the gravy train of multi-million dollar salaries and ...

Banking remuneration practices to blame for misconduct

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
The industry's remuneration practices and policies played a major role in the banking misconduct uncovered by the Royal Commission Inquiry, the interim report found. Governance and risk management practices failed to prevent the misconduct where ...