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Former Gold Coast adviser banned

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... for everyone, and advisers recommending SMSFs only for the purpose of borrowing money to purchase property should expect swift action if issues arise. "Financial advisers must not rely solely on client direction when establishing an SMSF. They must adequately ...

Chief economist update: Same challenges, differing reactions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... economic conditions becomes a test on whether optimism (RBA) is sufficient to turn the economy around or more concrete and swift action (RBNZ) is required to stem the slowdown in activity and return inflation back towards target.

NPP chair breaks down rollout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... could look like in about two or three years' time," he said. McKinnon points to a recent trial using the NPP conducted by SWIFT which successfully tested instant cross-border payments involving banks in China, Singapore, Thailand and Australia as an ...

New Zealand investors call for action after attacks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... "Our initial focus has been on building a broad coalition of New Zealand investors." "We have been delighted to receive swift and wholehearted support for the initiative from the wider New Zealand investment sector." He said there is also a groundswell ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
In the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, many are questioning the role of Facebook in investment portfolios. After the social media giant live streamed the shootings, ethical investors have been forced to consider whether Facebook genuinely ...

Ten stories that defined the Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... difficult appearance at the Royal Commission's hearings into financial advice, AMP's outgoing chief executive made a swift exit, and soon a whole bevy of the wealth manager's senior executives would follow. Former chair Catherine Brenner ...

Social media reacts to SIBOS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Attendees of the world's largest banking conference took to social media to share their SIBOS experience. Swift at sibos today: "The benefits of DLT are promising, but delivering it is still years away." There are over 100 financial institutions with ...

Beware the fintech Ponzi scheme

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... advisers and investors in Australia must stay alert against Ponzi schemes posing as P2P platforms. In a paper released by the SWIFT Institute titled "Quo Vadis? A comparison of the fintech revolution in China and the West", the joint authors Dr. Bonnie ...

Diversity is the answer to war for talent

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... that we can do to move people from CALD into leadership roles," she said. Rosemary Stone, global head of human resources at SWIFT, said that companies are embedding inclusive practices by adding another C-level position to their senior team, the Chief ...

Labor Government on the cards: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
There is a good chance that the Labor Party will win the next election, Financial Standard's readership says. We recently asked our readers which of the following events will likely eventuate in the next 12 months: a global trade war; China going into ...