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Bitcoin bubble will burst in 2018: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... app to store, transfer and exchange five major cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and ethereum. The International Organisation of Securities Commissions also warned ICOs are risky and highly speculative investments. "While some operators are providing ...

IOSCO issues caution over ICOs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions warns Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have clear risks and are highly speculative investments. IOSCO, seen as the global standard setter for securities regulation, said ICOs are not standardised ...

ASIC brings in disclosure expert to review RG97

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... 2018. McShane has extensive experience in this area; prior to his Hong Kong post, he was chair of the International Organisation of Pensions Supervisors technical committee, a member of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission's product advisory ...

FPA celebrates World Financial Planning Day

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... Standards Board (FPSB), is hosting the inaugural World Financial Planning Day, which is also part of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions' (IOSCO) World Investor Week. The FPSB's network of 170,000 members globally will provide programs ...

ASIC targets retirement products and services

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... products, including Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement, and contribute to the work of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) on senior investor vulnerability," ASIC said. The Ageing Population Co-ordination Group will ...

Oxford University assisting Aussie advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Australian financial advisers can now access a new risk profiling tool already adopted by advisers, investment firms and banks globally. Launched by Oxford University subsidiary Oxford Risk, the Oxford Risk Rating Online platform is designed by academics ...

Fintech investment needs balance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... diversion of resources from other essential tasks," he said. The remarks come alongside comments from the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), which in its new report, highlights the important interaction between financial technology ...

Robo-advice needs monitoring: IOSCO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... are coming to grips with the difficulties of monitoring robo-advice solutions and tools. The latest International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) report on its Automated Advice Tools Survey finds none of the international regulators interviewed ...

ASIC collaborates with Kenya on innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... of Kenya (CMA) to promote innovation in financial services. The agreement was signed at last week's International Organisation of Securities Commissions board meeting in Hong Kong and will see Australia and Kenya work together to share information in ...

AMP Capital records solid profit growth

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... for customers and shareholders. "AMP has a clear focus to be a more customer centric, efficient and international organisation. The execution of this strategy is unlocking the long-term potential of our business, which we are confident will continue ...