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ASIC collaborates with Kenya on innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... jurisdiction that has seen significant fintech innovation growth. Innovation in financial services isn't confined by national borders. We hope this agreement will help to break down barriers to entry both here and in Kenya," Medcraft said. According ...

ASIC and Singapore regulator sign co-op agreement

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... Interfaces." ASIC chair Greg Medcraft added: "We recognised that innovation in financial services isn't confined by national borders. ASIC is committed to encouraging innovation that has the potential to benefit financial consumers and investors. "Since ...

Investec appoints KPMG exec

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... the same time, Investec has also appointed Uyi Ighodaro to head up the new financial sponsors transaction group, which borders the firm's corporate advisory and corporate and acquisition finance businesses. Prior to Investec, he was head of the financial ...

Former CFP GM joins industry super fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... for the business wealth channel. Prior to entering financial services, Mitchell led covert operations for the Lothian & Borders Police. Here he was directly responsible for devising and executing strategic operations that targeted some of the world's ...

ASIC and UK regulator sign fintech deal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... director of strategy and competition Christopher Woolard added, "Innovation in financial services isn't limited by national borders and so it's important that we support overseas businesses that have new ideas that could benefit British consumers." "We ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... 1989, we doubled the number of people in the global workforce from 1.5 billion to 3 billion people. When you take down the borders in China, India, Brazil, Russia and Indonesia, we have hundreds of millions of very low wage underemployed workers coming ...

The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Embrace change to stay relevant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... National Adviser Conference in Cairns this week, McQueen cited examples of global well-known brands - such as Kodak, SAAB, Borders and Atari - that had recently collapsed due, at least in part, to their failure to innovate. Pointing to Cisco Systems ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... class Chinese. This middle class will increasingly demand financial services and investment opportunities beyond China's borders. Foreign firms cannot service this burgeoning demand unless a regulatory structure such as CHAFTA is in place. Australia ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... rates could still result in significant market volatility with financial stability consequences that go well beyond the US borders." Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the "consequences" outside of the US that could come back to bite the US in the behind. ...