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Australian banks dismiss concerns over links to collapsed German fintech Wirecard
Boutique lender ME Bank and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank as well as big four major Westpac all had commercial links to the collapsed German firm.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Big four
NAB taps tech-savvy banker from Canada to run its largest division
National Australia Bank has hired Andrew Irvine from Bank of Montreal as the new head of its 'jewel in the crown' business and private banking division.
- by Clancy Yeates
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Big four
'I don't think they will return': NAB's McEwan warns 15 per cent returns are gone
Six months into his tenure, NAB boss Ross McEwan is warning shareholders to brace for modest dividends even when the COVID-19 pandemic is over.
- by Clancy Yeates
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- by Helen Ubels
Coronavirus pandemic
Judo Bank's Joseph Healy warns on 'zombie firms'
Judo Bank co-founder Joseph Healy warns small and medium businesses are taking on $25 billion in unproductive debt to survive the pandemic.
- by Clancy Yeates
Big four
Westpac wins latest round of ‘shiraz and wagyu’ case battle with ASIC
The corporate watchdog has lost its appeal in the landmark 'shiraz and wagyu' case against Westpac over the bank's alleged breaches of responsible lending laws.
- by Charlotte Grieve
HESTA
Super giant HESTA divests coal, commits to 'net zero' investments by 2050
The super fund for healthcare workers has tightened its climate change policy and started divesting from thermal coal companies.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Financial planners
Senator calls for AMP probe as planners' debt soars
Labor Senator Deborah O'Neill has called on ASIC to investigate the wealth giant for changes to contracts with financial advisers that has left scores of them in debt.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Superannuation
Super returns at risk from climate inaction, study finds
Financial modelling by investment consulting firm JANA has found superannuation returns could suffer from government inaction on climate change.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Opinion
RBA
The RBA 'jaw-boning' experiment keenly watched by the Federal Reserve
The US central bank is closely monitoring the Reserve Bank's unconventional intervention in the Australian bond market as it ponders whether to copy its move.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz