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Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... productivity-enhancing infrastructure. It's a good time to do so too with interest rates so low. Data from the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) show that Australia issued a 20-year bond paying just 2.75% coupon last March. The last time ...

OneVue close to turning profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... 28 this year. "The growth in fund services revenue demonstrates the company's growing strength in servicing the back office of institutions as evidenced by the increasing confidence of local and global investment managers who are using our services" ...

SEC and FINRA issue robo warning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... 'automated investment tools,' a group of web-based tools that include robo-advisers. The warning, prepared by the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), was released on 8 May 2015. ...

Volcker Alliance proposes new US regulator system

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... establishment of a new Prudential Supervisory Agency that would centralise the regulatory functions of the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and prudential supervisory functions ...

Government says no to CBA Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... the fact that "ASIC has responded positively to the Senate Committee's report" and that it has agreed to establish an Office of the Whistleblower to improve the way it deals with whistleblowers. The government said that the report's recommendations relating ...

US insurance agency fined US$200,000

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... practices in addition to imposing a US$5 million civil penalty payable to the CFPB and a US$4 million penalty to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). In its latest action, the CFB found that an insurance agency, Lighthouse Title, violated ...

SEC bestow first whistleblowers awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... credible information that can prevent an imminent fraud or stop an ongoing one," said Sean McKessy, chief of the SEC's Office of the Whistleblower. "These individuals may be eligible for an SEC whistleblower award if their companies fail to take appropriate ...

ANU enlists CAER for ESG research

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
The Investment Office of the Australian National University (ANU) has enlisted the services of research group CAER to research and rate the companies in which invests according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The announcement ...

PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... Mason. The latter acquired Citigroup's asset management business and the fixed income business in Australia became an office of Western's in 2005. It is currently one of the largest fixed income managers in the world. Dedication to financial growth has ...

Senate inquiry reccommends Royal Commission into CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... each levy related to the amount of ASIC's resources allocated to regulating each population," the document said. An office of the whistleblower The regulator should also establish an "Office of the Whistleblower" and the government should look at options ...