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FIIG Securities head of intermediaries departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... Office of Financial Management, and is the chairman of the Commonwealth Government Affordable Housing Implementation Taskforce. Feldmanis spent four years at TCorp as chief financial officer and brings more than 30 years' experience, having also worked ...

YBR partners with top fintech

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... them to consider," he said. Bouris, who was recently appointed to lead the Federal Government's Small Business Digital Taskforce, said technology is fast changing the lending landscape. "Adopting digital technology to get faster, easier access to finance ...

YBR founder to lead government taskforce

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
The founder and chair of Yellow Brick Road will lead a Federal Government small business taskforce with appointees from Suncorp, Australian Unity and NAB. Mark Bouris will chair the Small Business Taskforce, which the Department of Industry, Innovation ...

ASIC needs tougher, direct powers: Taskforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... financial services licensee addresses or prevents compliance failures. The latest report from the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce highlights several shortcomings the corporate regulator requires to restrict certain activities and have licensees adopt ...

White-collar crime penalties to skyrocket

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... committed to improving outcomes for consumers and investors and a strong penalty framework plays a crucial part. "The taskforce process will help to ensure that ASIC has the right tools to combat corporate and financial sector misconduct and to protect ...

Millennials shaping family office strategy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... next decade. While Australia is arguably punching above its weight globally, being given "observer status" on the G8 Taskforce on impact investing, the sector still has a long way go. McGarry explains that while the demand for impact investing is certainly ...

Former TCorp executives join FIIG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... Office of Financial Management, and is the chairman of the Commonwealth Government Affordable Housing Implementation Taskforce. Feldmanis spent four years at TCorp as chief financial officer and brings more than 30 years' experience, having also worked ...

Broaden ASIC banning powers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... managers, directors and officers of financial services companies. This is the key recommendation the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce flagged in its sixth report aiming to reform the regulator's banning powers of individuals working in the financial ...

Government funds ATO superannuation taskforce

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
A Superannuation Guarantee Taskforce is being established to crackdown on employers which fail to meet SG obligations and potentially short-change employees from their super. Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, said the ...

Retirement income innovation severely lacking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... when trying to achieve client objectives, according to PIMCO. Analysis by a PIMCO-Allianz Australian Retirement Income Taskforce found that the existing investment offerings require retirees to choose and accept full market participation or to choose ...