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Aussies in top five for cashless transactions

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... through closed loop cards and mobile apps, digital wallets mobile money, and virtual currencies makes it challenging for banks and non-bank payment services providers in determining optimal operating and processing models in such markets," a Capgemini ...

Lazard launches new alternatives fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... research analyst covering asset managers, specialist lenders and international dealer brokers as well as European investment banks. Arminjon joined Lazard in June this year from Henderson Global Investors, where he was lead portfolio manager of both ...

Long-term investment under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... the Future Fund. Warren said more than 20 years ago building materials and media were considered the best stocks whereas banks were considered a boring long-term investment. "Long-term is a long way away, is very uncertain and it changes often. Someone ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015

S&P warns banks on cyber risk

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... credit rating services. In a new report, the researcher and index provider highlighted the rising threat of cyber-attacks on banks, which it argued could stem from "hostile nation-states, terrorist organisations, criminal groups, activists, hackers ...

AMP advice adds Van Eck ETFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... been added to the AMP approved product list. The Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF and Market Vectors Australian Banks ETF will now be available to advisers at AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial Planning and Hillross. "We are delighted ...

PIMCO launches bank capital fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... launched a new global bank capital fund which aims to reduce risk for investors with large exposures to the big Australian banks. The PIMCO Capital Securities Fund offers investors a long-term, strategic allocation to the global financial sector through ...

Financial services most at risk from disruption

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... regulatory requirements, budget allocations and our tendency to avoid risk," she said. "Over the next decade there will be banks that successfully make the transition through digital disruption and banks that will die. Frankly a decade might be giving ...

Super funds under growing global pressure to divest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... significantly grown its presence in Australia over the last year and is actively targeting super funds and the big four banks. Campaigners have set up a website, Super Switch, where members can check their super fund's exposure to fossil fuels and switch ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015