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Independent director joins Westpac board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
Westpac appointed a technology and innovation expert as an independent, non-executive director to its board. With about 30 years of commercial and business management experience, Nerida Caesar will join the bank's board effective September 1. Caesar ...

Advice demand lags behind SMSF growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... outsourced their SMSF work overseas or did not do SMSF work at all. BGL managing director Ron Lesh says technology and innovation in the sector means SMSF administration is easier than ever before. He expects these trends to continue as "clients find ...

ASX flags imminent blockchain transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... with the next generation of platform technology will not only reduce costs and risks for companies, but facilitate innovation in the financial markets. A third party has been commissioned to review DLT and in December this year the exchange will decide ...

Artificial intelligence provides adviser advantage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... digital transformation agenda reflects understanding the framework and pushes the business to look beyond the horizon of innovation. "To achieve this, organisations must focus on four groups of technologies we believe are nearing exponential breakthroughs ...

Insurers require urgent start-up collaborations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... industry once deemed a threat. This is the view of insurance companies concerned about how best to tackle the challenges innovation presents, as well as the regulatory and legacy system roadblocks, according to financial services technology company TAS ...

Macquarie and Canadian pension fund buy SA government asset

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... result for the state," adding that the new service provider will reduce future operating costs to government, drive innovation in customer service, promote investment in systems and reduce risks to government in future ICT upgrades. "South Australians ...

Nikko AM to disrupt with acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... products and investment strategies in Japan and the Asia Pacific. ARK specialises in thematic investing in disruptive innovation, identifying companies that it believes are leading and benefiting from cross-sector innovations such as robotics, 3D printing ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... Australia's global leadership in the development of blockchain technology, which is already delivering productivity and innovation benefits to the nation's trillion-dollar wealth industry. BNP Paribas Securities Services has progressively stepped up ...

CBA faces anti-money laundering allegations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... Clark said. "AUSTRAC's goal is to have a financial sector that is vigilant and capable of responding, including through innovation, to threats of criminal exploitation." In one account, AUSTRAC alleges that between late 2014 to August 2015, about $20.59 ...

Bennelong appoints new CSO in leadership shuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... advantage. The best way we can look after investors is by creating the right culture. A culture built around people, innovation, excitement and allowing people to grow within their role. In turn, it is this culture which helps the overall business gr ...