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AI threatens financial services workers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
An overwhelming number (83%) of Australian financial services workers are concerned artificial intelligence (AI) technology will take over their jobs. That's according to technology and consulting firm Infosys' Leadership in the Age of AI report, which ...

FinTech Australia chair steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... he will strongly advocate the need for, and benefits of, increasing competition and choice across Australian financial services - including through the introduction of challenger bank licences, which is a priority. "The fact of the matter is that Australia ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, accepts EU

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... Breakaway and its advisers, the regulator had concerns regarding both the conduct of Breakaway as an Australian financial services licensee and of Roberts as an adviser. ASIC's concerns were that Breakaway did not sufficiently tailor several key policies ...

CFA Australia recruits industry veterans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... council backs professionalism standards encompassing compliance, competency and ethics across the Australian financial services industry. It aims to use the collective knowledge and experience of CFAs to identify issues within the industry that impact ...

Offshore investment vehicles await passport arrival

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... register as a CCIV if it is limited by shares and operated by a single corporate director; holds an Australian financial services licence; does not have any officers or employees other than the corporate director; operates at least one sub-fund at all ...

Majority ready for MiFID II: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
A majority of Australian financial services firms said they were confidently ready for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID) reforms that took effect on January 3, according to Financial Standard's weekly spot poll. More than half ...

Industry fund stepping up advice offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... "Providing financial advice and education is strategically important for LUCRF Super. Having our own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) means we can provide the best advice for members and customise it based on their needs," Thow said. Thow ...

Longstanding Godfrey Pembroke practice seeks own AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... services business, and we are looking forward to the next step in the journey as we move to our own Australian Financial Services Licence." Scholten said Godrey Pembroke and the wider MLC/NAB group will remain an important and strategic partner going ...

Aurora CFO terminated as $1m vanishes from listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... will be delayed. Aurora has notified the incident to ASIC "as required under the conditions of its Australian financial services licence and the insurer under its investment management insurance policy." "Aurora confirms it has appropriate insurance ...

ASIC needs tougher, direct powers: Taskforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
ASIC should be given tougher intervention powers to direct how an Australian financial services licensee addresses or prevents compliance failures. The latest report from the ASIC Enforcement Review Taskforce highlights several shortcomings the corporate ...