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CBA CFO to retire, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... global search. Rob has more than 20 years' experience in financial services. He has worked in and alongside financial institutions across the world, and has an acute sense of the rapidly moving economic, regulatory and competitive landscape," Narev said. ...

Profit-to-member super funds must restore trust: AIST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... funds have a duty to strengthen and restore trust in Australia's $2 trillion super system, as well as lead other institutions to restore economic balance for the everyday working person. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) acting chief ...

Professional standards need deeper thought: Consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... and entrenched partisan positions." Further, Graham - who has previously held senior compliance roles at several institutions - said the Act clearly shows that any legislative instruments developed by the body without industry consultation would still ...

Major ASIC project finds serious financial advice concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... regulator's broader Wealth Management project covering the financial advice provided by Australia's largest financial institutions - AMP, ANZ, CBA, NAB, Westpac and Macquarie. The latter was excluded from this particular sub-project because ASIC said ...

Robo-advice portfolios benefiting from quant factors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... receiving wealth management online can truly benefit from a quantitative overlay to their portfolios." "Financial institutions, on the other hand, can also capture the opportunity of digital wealth management services not only by servicing this segment ...

ASIC spots forex breaches at ANZ and Westpac

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... similar breaches, along with traders exchanging material information with an external market participant about other institutions' customer flow and proprietary positions, and employees "trading in a manner which was potentially inconsistent with a proper ...

Gen Y prefers liquid investments: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... minimum investment requirements. "Products relevant to their goals are not particularly well formed in most financial institutions and consequently, we're seeing new fintech players step in and fill that space," the report reads. As a result, 75% of ...

Women key to finance sector culture issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... better opportunities to undertake leadership positions can be key to solving the culture issues a lot of financial institutions are facing. "Research shows that females have a very different approach to risk and the way they handle and respond to these ...

Steady as she grows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... year." And for the outlook, "The outlook continues to be supported by the low level of interest rates. Financial institutions remain in a good position to lend. The depreciation of the exchange rate since 2013 has also assisted the economy in its transition ...

South Korean pension fund buys Brisbane property

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... acquisition is a strong endorsement of the team's effort and we now have an extremely strong proposition for South Korean institutions investing both in the Asia Pacific region and across the rest of the globe."