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ASX to set up shop in Hong Kong

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... direct connection hub in Hong Kong. The hub will provide connectivity from Hong Kong to Australia's financial markets community in the Australian Liquidity Centre via the ASX Net Global network. "Asia is the world's fastest growing economic region and ...

Financial services most at risk from disruption

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... getting to know our customers more closely and we can better service their needs. Citi is reaching out to the fintech community for innovation help. The Citi Mobile Challenge is designed to be a "next-generation accelerator" that combines a virtual hackathon ...

Chief executive departs mine industry super fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... Watson will leave over the coming months after 23 years of service to the superannuation needs of Australia's mining community. He has been in the chief executive role for more than 10 years. "After achieving substantially more for the organisation than ...

Super funds under growing global pressure to divest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... held in Paris in December. "Given the vacuum of political leadership on climate change in our country, the investment community is increasingly seeing this as a space for them to fill in those gaps," Wood finished.

Financial services only mildly innovative: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... culture of innovation. Sharing information about innovations, trials, mistakes made and lessons learned helps the business community accelerate this culture we all want to create." The report said innovative firms are typically more optimistic about ...

Sunsuper foresees independent director shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... across the industry. "Failures of governance will adversely affect the whole industry in terms of our standing in the community. As such, we have taken the necessary steps to ensure that, with Michael, Andrew and Jenni's appointments, we are doing our ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... symbolism are important in Asia. The rebirth of the Australian Republican Movement provides an opportunity for the business community to consider engaging in the important debate on Australia's identity. Of course, Australian republicanism is a good ...

AFA announces awards finalists

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... of the Year finalists, meanwhile, are Announcer, Kearney Group and Robina Financial Services. "The financial advice community can be deservedly proud of the quality of advice being given in Australia. The grand finalists are, each in their own way, outstanding ...

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... story now seems it shows the explosive power that can be unleashed when people decide to move in one direction. The community health care industry fund HESTA triggered a similar effect last month when after 18 months of reviewing its investment in the ...

Afiniation adds weight to Citi fintech initiative

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... franchise, Linda Duncombe said: "We are absolutely delighted to have Afiniation, a champion of the Australasian fintech community, join the Citi Asia Pacific Global Mobile Challenge. There is a very strong synergy between the Citi Mobile Challenge and ...