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Westpac cops $10.5m fine

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... about their superannuation are significant long-term financial decisions affecting their retirement income. Financial institutions seeking to influence those decisions by providing financial product advice, must comply with the law designed to protect ...

AUSIEX hires head of risk from BTFG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... risk frameworks and policies, and managing regulatory compliance engagement on behalf of large, diverse financial institutions," he said. Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Nomura Research Institute (NRI) acquired CommSec Adviser Services (CAS) last year. In ...

AFCA weeds out phony complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... out complaints where the consumer didn't really suffer any financial harm. AFCA received feedback from financial institutions, particularly small to medium sized financial services businesses, that they were incurring costs dealing with complaints that ...

AFA slams skyrocketing ASIC levy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... parliamentary hearing in March that the regulator typically recovers the costs incurred in prosecuting the major financial institutions and offsets these against the levy. The problem is that a massive lag exists between the time ASIC recoups such costs ...

Yarra Capital appoints managing director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... also had a long career at Goldman Sachs where he was a managing director and co-head of the Australian Financial Institutions Group. "I'm incredibly excited to be joining Yarra. The business has an outstanding reputation for operational excellence, and ...

Finfluencers ensnare female Millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... first time or re-assessing the best superannuation options. "Finfluencers are stepping in where traditional financial institutions or more established enterprises have historically made this information challenging to navigate and action," he said. Frolov ...

FAR draft legislation released

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... Financial Accountability Regime imposes a strengthened responsibility and accountability framework within financial institutions, recognising that decisions taken by directors and the most senior executives of financial institutions are significant for ...

Deutsche Bank names real estate lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... this is a natural area for us to intensify our focus." The bank recently appointed Martin Nosek as head of financial institutions group and David Hopwood as head of natural resources group, who both re-joined the firm earlier this year.

Citi appoints head of global asset managers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... Forster recently relocating to New Zealand and Jon Gidney being promoted to managing director, head of financial institutions for Citi Australia and New Zealand. "While we will miss working with John every day, he leaves behind an experienced team who ...

Count Financial adds two practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... better client experiences as well as the fact that they operate a clean model which is not aligned to any financial institutions." She added that Count Financial's technology solutions enabled her firm to improve the advice delivery process and operate ...