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Blockchain feasibility test successful: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
Financial technology company Calastone completed the first phase of its blockchain testing by analysing the trades and settlement of mutual funds. This involved testing a large volume of trades across global markets to give a better understanding of ...

IRESS partnership aids RG 97 compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
Financial technology provider IRESS announced a partnership that will help clients analyse trades efficiently and become more RG 97 compliant. Clients of both IRESS and global financial technology company ITG will benefit from a faster and more comprehensive ...

IRESS head of super retires

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
IRESS' managing director of superannuation will retire from the financial technology provider at the end of September 2017. Stephen Mackley was previously the chief executive of Financial Synergy - the superannuation technology business acquired by ...

AxiomSL appoints APAC chief

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... Alexander Tsigutkin said: "Peter comes to us with a wealth of knowledge derived from his decades of senior financial technology roles in the UK, US and Asia. His leadership, business vision and ability to bring people together will be instrumental as ...

Banks can offer fintech an olive branch

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
Financial technology upstarts promise to reinvent financial services, yet large institutions are accused of hindering progress. In an email blast to thousands of customers last year, Commonwealth Bank warned the use of certain fintech services could ...

ASIC signs fintech agreement with Indonesia

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... chairman Pak Muliaman said. Indonesia, with the largest economy in south-east Asia, hosts a fast-growing financial technology sector which is impacting areas such as payments and transfers, financial management, insurance, lending and finance, retail ...

IRESS readies industry for super reforms

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
Financial technology provider IRESS is assisting administrators and financial advisers to respond to the introduction of the superannuation laws with several updates. IRESS' superannuation administration platform, Acurity, and its financial advice technology ...

Link partners with fintech hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
Increasing its accessibility to financial technology, Link Group is entering a partnership with one of the largest fintech innovation labs in Asia Pacific. Through a corporate partnership with Stone and Chalk, Link will help startups with high growth ...

Fintech investment needs balance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), which in its new report, highlights the important interaction between financial technology and securities market regulation. The IOSCO Research Report on Financial Technology notes several risks associated with fintech ...

Government repeats fintech focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... in a more digital world," Morrison said. Morrison flagged the need for governments to consider harnessing financial technology to implement cost-effective regulation, saying compliance systems and regulation need to adapt to meet changing consumer expectations ...