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AUSIEX launches, announces leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... team of industry specialists, AUSIEX will continue to provide solutions to the operating challenges facing financial institutions and intermediaries across Australia." Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Nomura Research Institute flagged its intentions to acquire ...

Advisers jump onto paraplanning platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... community of paraplanners with about 1200 members. Drago said she was prompted to establish Tanngo after large financial institutions exited advice. Many support services like paraplanning also fell by the wayside, forcing advisers to actively look for ...

ATO cracks down on crypto

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... anonymous digital world, we closely track where it interacts with the real world through data from banks, financial institutions, and cryptocurrency online exchanges to follow the money back to the taxpayer." The warning comes following research from ...

More super funds make climate commitments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
More financial institutions have signed up to Climate League 2030, which seeks to achieve Paris-aligned emissions reductions in Australia by 2030. TelstraSuper, ISPT, U Ethical and Teachers Mutual Bank today joined over a dozen institutional investors ...

Key Treasury initiatives outlined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... members. The funding for this initiative will be partially met through an increase in levies on regulated financial institutions, the government said. Even Kiwis, or at least those now living and working across the ditch are set to benefit, with the ...

Suncorp divests super unit to industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... benefits," he said. Suncorp began scouting for potential buyers in February 2020, joining a herd of large financial institutions abandoning life insurance and superannuation. Suncorp Portfolio Services landed in hot water at the banking Royal Commission ...

APRA releases draft climate change guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... Association Australasia (RIAA). "We would hope, as in New Zealand, this guidance becomes mandatory, so that all financial institutions are pricing and valuing companies within the portfolios they manage, as well as realigning portfolios to contribute ...

Regulator frets over SPAC boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... SEC's renewed focus on SPACs comes as Citigroup's quarterly results made it clear that the world's largest financial institutions are benefiting from the boom. Citi reported investment banking revenues of US$2 billion, increasing by 46%. It acknowledged ...

Delay breach reporting law: AFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... will prepare for and respond to the impending changes. The regtech has identified the serious need for financial institutions to evaluate their reporting preparedness and risk position with the new regulation. "While there was a myriad of developments ...

Junk insurance lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... the design and sale of CCI. "As a result, we've commenced civil proceedings against Westpac," she said. Financial institutions and lenders have paid about $250 million in remediation to affected consumers, which is a payment of $430 on average to 580,000 ...