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UniSuper appoints legal specialists

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... and legal services for finance, operations, technology and projects, is Ruby Yadav. Yadav has previously led operational risk and compliance teams for retail products and digital banking, including roles at ANZ, KPMG and GE Capital. She also has non-executive ...

IRESS launches cloud-based trading platform

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... technology related to sending or receiving transactions with their counterparties, this enhanced offering will reduce operational risk for firms, bring important efficiency savings, and underpin the business growth of our clients."

APRA releases draft RSE fraud management guide

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... effective risk management framework therefore includes appropriate consideration of fraud risk, which is a subset of operational risk." The regulator added that fraud risk will also include consideration of the risks posed by corruption and bribery and ...

BNP Paribas' Peter Baker moves to Mercer Sentinel

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... opportunities to leverage the services offered by the Sentinel team, particularly with the significant demand for Operational Risk Assessments and custody reviews. "As a global team with more than 50 investment operations and custody professionals, Peter ...

FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... default funds from certain awards could cause major systemic upheaval. It cited areas such as liquidity risk, operational risk, the risk that some small delisted funds will need to wind up operations, concentration risk, and the potentially damaging ...

SEC prioritises cybersecurity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
Speculation is growing in the US that the financial regulator will impose uniform cybersecurity standards across firms operating in the financial system. Awareness of cybersecurity as a systemic threat has risen following realisation that the financial ...

Liquidity concerns push CSC to change target allocation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... Scheme, has made changes to its default option in response to the Stronger Super reforms that require improved operational risk reserves. The CSC made the changes to lift its liquidity levels as an insulation against what the fund expects will be the ...

Water scarcity a factor for resource fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
Investors need to take into account resource scarcity when investing, Tyndall AM head of Real Assets Richard Lourey said, commenting on a report about water scarcity released by Moody's last Friday. The report is entitled "Global Mining Industry: Water ...

APRA releases final Prudential Standard for MySuper transition

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... ultimately responsible for ensuring that it holds, and has unfettered access to, financial resources in the form of operational risk reserve(s), operational risk trustee capital or a combination thereof to meet the target amount of financial resources ...

Regulation compounds hedge fund woes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Ernst & Young's annual Hedge Fund Symposium in Sydney, Ernst & Young Oceania Hedge Fund leader, Jon Pye said operational risk was one area where there was a clear distinction between the attitudes of the two groups. "More than half of investors (56%) ...