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State Street targets insurance outsourcing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... fined $1.25 million by AUSTRAC for allegedly breaching 99 times its obligation to report international transfers to the agency under Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing laws.

MySuper reforms could have downsides

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... market are always of concern. "It is ironic that acting in the investors interest puts super funds at odds with the ratings agency." Recent research from the Swiss Finance Institute also demonstrates that how funds choose external investment managers ...

AAA rating holds on by a thread

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... of Victoria, except for a modest tightening in New South Wales, which should support the economic outlook." The ratings agency said it expects interstate and international travel restrictions to remain in place, which will likely dampen recovery prospects ...

Investors take charge in C-suite equality

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... partners Chief Executive Women, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, 30% Club and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia also welcomes the campaign and is calling on the superannuation ...

Japanese bank makes major voting blunder

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... "We wish to once again express our sincere apologies to all companies that have entrusted the provision of stock transfer agency services business to SuMi TRUST Bank and its consolidated subsidiaries, Tokyo Securities Transfer Agent and Japan Securities ...

J.P. Morgan set to cough up US$1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co is set to cough up close to $1.4 billion (US$1 billion) to shut down regulatory and government agency probes into market manipulation allegations on its precious metals and treasuries trading desk. As first reported by Bloomberg ...

State Street cops $1.25m fine from AUSTRAC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... $1.25 million fine by AUSTRAC for allegedly breaching 99 times its obligation to report international transfers to the agency under Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing laws. Under the law (section 45 (2) of the AML/CTF Act 2006), any ...

APRA, ACCC sign new MoU

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... continue building on our constructive relationship with APRA, and have a strong appreciation for the complementary roles each agency plays in ensuring a competitive and stable financial services industry," he said. "This MoU will allow the ACCC and APRA ...

Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... down this year to date - WTI oil by 35.1% and Brent by 38.0%. This is because as Keisuke Sadamori, International Energy Agency (IEA) director for energy markets and security, puts it, the oil market outlook remains in the middle of either a second wave ...

Adviser demands answers from Media Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... escalated its processes to push her payments ahead - something that is very rare in Centrelink claims, given the volume the agency deals with. "I think it's really hard to communicate what it really is like unless you have dealt with someone who ...