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Males dominate ASX200 top job

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
The chiefs of Australia's largest blue-chip companies are typically highly educated males based in Sydney and boast international work experience, a Robert Half analysis shows. Only 12 out of the top 200 ASX-listed companies were led by women. One-third ...

Major banks overlooking elder abuse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... not-for-profit organisation Greysafe, said it's been over a year since the ABA asked banks to be more proactive and develop a framework to combat elder abuse. This has been met with silence by bank bosses who seem more focussed on delivering record profits ...

Westpac to welcome new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... changing economic and regulatory environment. As chief risk officer, she leaves the organisation with a strong risk framework in place," he said. Replacing Holcomb next year is David Stephen, currently in the same role at the Royal Bank of Scotland. ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... that same [early] stage with bitcoin," he said. This week's new poll asks: How prepared are you for the Life Insurance Framework that's less than two months away?

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... reinforced the urgency for ongoing and timely government regulatory support, including creating an open financial data framework and expanding the scope of Australia's regulatory sandbox, to ensure that fintechs can fully capitalise on consumers' appetite ...

Morrison backs customer-owned banking reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... instruments by prudentially regulating the sector, and developing minimum service standards such as an agreed process, framework and timetable for capital instruments proposed. The review also recommends the Corporations Act 2001 should include a proper ...

ATO affirms SMSF event-based reporting rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... announcement after working closely with the ATO to achieve practical modifications to reporting. "The proposed new reporting framework is more targeted than the original blanket approach, which would have proved problematic and costly in practice, for ...

AMP introduces facial recognition for mobile clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... built by Milliman to demonstrate to clients varying consequences of financial decisions made using AMP's goals-based framework. The use of facial analytics and recognition technology looks set to become more widespread in financial services if developments ...

RG97 effects inconsistent: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... significantly dampened by the investment approach and use of underlying platform products, Rainmaker said. Under the new framework, NFP funds tend to have higher average investment fees compared to retail funds, which in part reflects greater internal ...

ANZ launches LIF resource

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
ANZ Wealth has launched an online resource to help prepare financial advisers for the looming Life Insurance Framework (LIF) reforms. The online hub provides guidance on how OneCare commissions will be paid, detail key deadlines and how the transition ...