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Advice sector looks to offshore talent to bridge skills gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... Perth, FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood flagged that the profession is in the process of looking at talent from the Philippines and India, where many practices have a dedicated back-office team. Roles in administration, customer service officers and ...

ASIC exposes holes in managed funds' offshoring cyber controls

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... Solutions Financial Planning's Daniel Boce told Financial Standard that his personal assistant located in the Philippines was denied information relating to a third-party authority sent to the Vision Super. Allegedly, a Vision Super representative ...

ASIC slams licensees' lax offshoring governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... confidentiality of business and client information, ASIC said. ASIC also engaged with six intermediary businesses based in the Philippines, India and Sri Lanka offering outsourcing solutions to Australian licensees to understand the services and infrastructure ...

Australia an 'efficient' market for multinationals

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... is positioned as the fourth quickest nation in processing ad hoc tasks, just behind Singapore, New Zealand, and the Philippines. We are also relatively cheaper than other counterparts in average cost per task, Malaysia stands as the cheapest in cost ...

Fin365 to build one-stop-shop for financial firms

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... firm that transitioned into a full-suite back-office solutions provider. It has presence across Australia and the Philippines and is known for specialised support for financial services firms. Qwrk will provide outsourcing roles to complement Fin365's ...

Franklin Templeton, Pendal funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... companies operating in countries such as Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Vietnam. After careful consideration, Pendal said "we have determined that terminating the fund is in the best ...

Vision Super defends new but 'archaic' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... Planning's Daniel Boce told Financial Standard he was surprised when his personal assistant - who is located in the Philippines - was denied information relating to a third-party authority sent to the fund. Allegedly, a Vision Super representative declined ...

Fidelity picks Southeast Asia lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... Fidelity in 2015 and has led the development of its wholesale distribution business across Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia." Before Fidelity, Wildon worked in distribution and relationship management roles at BlackRock, Citi ...

Fair Work ruling, ASIC put offshoring arrangements on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
Fair Work Australia's (FWA) recent ruling in favour of a Philippines-based worker to bring an unfair dismissal case against the former employer could serve as a warning for financial services firms who rely on offshoring, as the corporate regulator ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... outposts in the form of naval bases and airfields strategically encircling China and Taiwan. In its former colony, the Philippines, the US demarcates nine naval bases and airfields, a New York Times analysis shows. It has 10 launchpads in Japan and seven ...