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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 ...

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 ...

Foreign investors optimistic about Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... continued to show strength in the emerging market rankings within the index, with Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines placing among the top 15. The emerging market ranking was introduced in last year's FDI Confidence Index to give business ...

SWFs shrink for first time ever: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... significant progress with SWFs that have been proposed and passed. "Namely in Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines," it said. "We shall also see more of the superannuation consolidation down under, with the merger of Hostplus and Maritime ...

Primewest rebrands to Centuria

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... also made sense to come under the one umbrella with our co-workers across east coast Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. "This is still the same highly proficient group of professionals who have managed our investors' funds for years." Other ...

Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... Thailand received the worst ranking, coming in last with an overall score of just 41.7. Turkey, India, Argentina and the Philippines were also among the poorest rankings. In terms of the sub-indices measured, Iceland scored the best on adequacy (85.8) ...