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Advisers see fintech as tool not threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... to enhance services rather than seeing it as threat to their livelihood. The new report from the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) aims to start a global conversation around the implications of fintech and automated advice for the delivery of ...

Poll provides fresh defence against Royal Commission

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... confidence." However, the regulator also said efforts by the banking sector to address issues, such as raising qualification standards, were "important steps in the right direction." MA1/4nchenberg finished: "Australia's banks have heard the community ...

ASIC finds life claim rates wildly inconsistent

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... of the problem, as ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell explained in a teleconference following the report's release, is that standards of claims reporting are different between insurers; in fact, he said there is "next to no information at present." To address ...

ASX responds to CFR regulatory expectations

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... use our clearing and settlement infrastructure. ASX is investing in market infrastructure that meets global industry standards and which will provide opportunities for productivity gains and innovation. "ASX's investment means that the clearing and settlement ...

Life Insurance Code targets self-regulation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
An independent committee will have the ability to sanction insurers who do not comply with a new set of standards laid out in an industry-wide Life Insurance Code of Practice produced by the Financial Services Council (FSC). The new code, released today ...

Industry bodies united on group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... guide which was developed by the FSC, AIST, IFF and ISA. Over the past 18 months IFF has also started an insurance data standards working group and released a group risk insurance management framework addressing issues such as automatic acceptance levels ...

CBA partners to finance clean energy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... investment in energy efficient and lower emissions vehicles, equipment, machinery and fixtures that meet the CEFC's standards. For assets ranging from $10,000 to $5 million, a 0.7% discount on the bank's standard asset finance rate will apply. Investments ...

ANZ blames tech and training for bank mishaps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott has conceded the bank has not always met the standards it sets for itself or that the community rightly expects. In addressing the House of Representatives' parliamentary committee yesterday, Elliott said: "Each time ...

Crestone signs former Rio Tinto CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... instrumental in helping Crestone to deliver continued growth over the coming years while ensuring we provide the high standards of corporate governance Crestone has set for itself and expected of it by its clients and regulators." Crestone has several ...

How a niche can add value

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... and was pleased to learn that Australia is being held up internationally as a global leader for professional advice standards, ethics and reform.