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Reinvigorated OneVue inches up platform rankings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... this challenge," Choi said. Further, the findings show platforms are responding to the growing concern from advisers around cyber threats. Choi said combating fraudulent client withdrawal requests is of particular focus for platforms, given about one-quarter ...

Super funds embrace crowdsourced cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... application security approach that is currently leaving many organisations vulnerable to a growing number of data breaches and cyber-attacks," Hostplus said. "These alternative investments play an important role in Hostplus' fully-diversified portfolio ...

SEC cracks down on fee transparency

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it will crackdown on financial product providers' fee disclosures the year ahead in a bid to protect mum and dad investors. The SEC made it clear that one of its main priorities this year is ...

Financial services pay top dollar for compliance, IT skills

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
In the wake of recent financial services and bank scandals, job opportunities in risk management and compliance within the sector are forecast to boom in 2018, Robert Walters' latest salary survey shows. With large-scale remediation projects in banking ...

Consistent growth fuels Future Fund cyber fears

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
The constant risk of a cyberattack on the Future Fund's investment portfolio is among its top concerns. Future Fund chairman Peter Costello said in a portfolio update this morning that the sovereign wealth fund considers cybersecurity risk to be a major ...

Small advice firms face big data breach penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... organisations, the impact of a breach on a small business is devastating," she said. Unauthorised accesses which spans from cyber-attacks to employees or independent contractors stealing clients' personal information and that can result in serious harm ...

Product agnostic planners boost ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
Australia's ETF market could have fee-for-service financial planners to thank for its ongoing growth. Total funds under management for ASX-listed ETFs increased 44.2% in the 12 months to November 2017 to hit a record $35.5 billion. Researcher Cerulli ...

EY issues ICO theft warning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
Investors have lost about US$400 million in the initial coin offering (ICO) market due to theft and cyberattacks, a new EY report shows. EY studied 372 ICO projects globally in 2017 that raised US$3.7 billion in funds - twice the volume of venture capital ...

SMEs lack cybersecurity resilience: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
... shows about three-in-four (74%) of the 101 firms surveyed have robust IT security processes and procedures, while 66% have cyber incident response plans in place. The results are encouraging, particularly for large organisations with access to specialist ...

Tanner appointed to Suncorp board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... across the financial services industry including involvement in merger and acquisitions advisory, fintech, life insurance and cyber security. He currently chairs the boards of the Mitchell Institute for Heath & Education Research, Victoria University ...