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The lucky country for fintechs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... the proactive approach of ASIC in establishing an innovation hub to run alongside its regulatory sandbox and the Digital Finance Advisory Committee. "First, establishing a sandbox sends a strong message to fintechs that the regulator is open to innovation. ...

Industry fund chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... investment performance for its members. Pegan was appointed chief executive on 16 July 2001, and prior to that was chair of the Finance Staff Group at the Catholic Education Office based in Melbourne. Pegan was known for his climate change activism. ...

Train staff on privacy risks: OAIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... in the third quarter of 2018. In its report of notifiable data breaches between July and September, the OAIC noted the finance sector was the second worst offender for data breaches with 35 notifications. Of the sector's breaches, 48% were attributable ...

Macquarie reshuffles asset management lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... move into MAM and merge with MIRA Real Estate, the 1H19 results said. Macquarie's group head of corporate and asset finance (CAF) principal finance, Ben Brazil, is stepping down from the role and the executive committee. He moving in as chair of ...

Chief economist update: BOE waiting on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
When the Bank of England's (BOE) Monetary Policy Council (MPC) unanimously voted to raise the Bank Rate by 25 bps to 0.75% on the 2nd of August, BOE governor Mark Carney was quoted as saying, "The mistake is to always wait, wait, wait until you ...

Former Macquarie Capital head launches fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... equity investments will led by another former Macquarie principal investing team member Neil Brown. Former Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) chief investment risk officer Stephen Panizza will lead Federation's renewable energy investments. Lastly ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... stocks. The following month, several asset owners voiced support for the recently launched United Nations' Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge. BT Financial Group said it is extending its ESG exclusion framework to investment mandates for internally managed ...

BlackRock strengthens real assets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... generation in Asia Pacific - or US$3.5 trillion - will flow into renewables by 2040 according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance," the manager said in a statement. "With the move of Charlie Reid to Sydney, BlackRock is poised to capture this addressable ...

The rise of challenger banks in Australia: SIBOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... can meet the financial needs hierarchy and the mental health impact on one-third of the Australian population who have finance issues, said Le. But volt bank's Weston warns that challenging the incumbent banks is not easy. "You can't be a technologist ...

Chatbots will move from consumer finance to corporate: BAML

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
Bank of America Merrill Lynch believes chatbot technologies could have applications in the wholesale and corporate side of banking as customers demand better ways to interact. Speaking at a SIBOS session in Sydney, Bank of America Merrill Lynch treasury ...