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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 ...

Labor proposes RC implementation task force

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
If Labor comes to power, it will set up a dedicated task force to implement the Royal Commission's final recommendations due next year. Responding to the interim report, acting opposition leader Tanya Plibersek told a media conference in Sydney ...

NAB initially under-reported remediation bill to ASIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... This included $12.4 million owed to 108,000 customers of MLC's employee retirement plan (TERP) and about $21.6 million to SWIFT and Encompass customers. The same day, NAB chief customer officer Andrew Hagger called then ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer ...

Former NULIS chair faces Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... faced the Royal Commission this afternoon as it resumed hearings on day two of the fifth round. When MLC introduced its SWIFT package of adviser fee changes in 2012, it went through the board under Smith's watch. Smith said her understanding of the ...