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Australian firms spend 3.6bn on financial crimes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
A new study has shown that Australian financial service companies are expected to spend more than $3.6 billion on financial crime compliance in 2022. Yesterday LexisNexis Risk Solutions released the first Australian edition of its true cost of compliance ...

Defective disclosures see Avanteos Investments fined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
The former Commonwealth Bank subsidiary will pay a penalty of $1.71 million for failing to update defects in its disclosure documents related to charging fees to super members after they'd died. This marks the first criminal prosecution for failing ...

Cbus snares head of debt from Perpetual

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
Cbus Super has appointed Anne Moal as its first head of direct debt and illiquid credit as the $73.5 billion fund's debt portfolio hits over $1 billion. Reporting to head of debt and alternatives Linda Cunningham, Moal will have primary responsibility ...

Crypto companies halt withdrawals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
International cryptocurrency platforms Celsius and Binance temporarily suspended customer withdrawals. Yesterday, the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, suspended withdrawals on the Bitcoin network. In a statement, Binance said: "This is ...

OECD projects sharp growth deceleration

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine immediately slowed the recovery from the Covid pandemic and set the global economy on a course of lower growth, the OECD said. The intergovernmental organisation's latest economic outlook said global growth would ...

HSBC wins ETF Securities mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
ETF Securities has awarded a mandate for a range of services, including fund administration. The mandate covers middle-office, custody and fund administration services administered by the Australian provider of ETF Securities. The firm says it selected ...

Banks flag imminent consecutive double rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
Commonwealth Bank and Westpac economists have predicted the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to bump up official rates to 1.35% when it next meets in July; NAB and ANZ believe there will be another double hike in the next two months. Quickly following ...

Cbus, Hostplus take out customer satisfaction awards

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
Cbus and Hostplus have taken out titles at Roy Morgan's annual Customer Satisfaction Awards. Cbus was awarded the Industry Superannuation Fund of the year, while Hostplus won Major Superannuation Fund of the Year. This was the first time either super ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to increase the cash rate target by 50 basis points to 85 basis points. The central bank also raised the interest rate on exchange settlement balances by 50 basis points to 75 basis points. At its meeting ...

No more changes to risk commissions: ClearView

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... fees, commissions or a combination of both," Swanson said. He added that while LIF is not perfect, it's better than a blanket ban on commissions. "Further changes are unnecessary and would have many potential unintended consequences including fewer people ...