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KPMG brings remediation regtech to Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... compliance solution, and was excited to implement it in Australia as financial institutions find themselves under more scrutiny than ever before. "Across the financial services industry organisations are looking to leverage technology to improve both ...

ASIC releases AFSL approval data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... AFSL...meet minimum standards to offer regulated services." "We help protect consumers by ensuring an appropriate level of scrutiny is applied to these applications." Day also encouraged prospective applicants and licensees intending to apply for variations ...

More consolidation to come: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... success or otherwise," Byres said. Ongoing consolidation in the super space isn't entirely due to greater regulatory scrutiny though; in the past 10 years, the number of APRA-regulated funds has more than halved. In June 2008 there was a total of 466 ...

Escala bought by growing US firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... providers to resonate with potential partner firms and their sophisticated clients. "We believe the heightened regulatory scrutiny and proliferating awareness of the fiduciary standard for wealth management is increasingly driving wealth management professionals ...

Major shareholders defy proxy advisers: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... said. Last year, the number of companies that received a strike rose to 27 from 22 the previous year. "The increased scrutiny placed on board performance and corporate governance in the wake of the Royal Commission into the Banking and Financial Services ...

Government carves out super deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... and other factors such as occupational risk." Also passing through the Senate last night were changes to the level of scrutiny on choice superannuation products, with fees, costs and returns now subject to new reporting standards. Importantly, fees will ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... the system," the report said. Roger Urwin, global head of investment content at the Thinking Ahead Institute, said this scrutiny seems to have the potential to give the Australian industry more sensitivity to member value premised on better engagement ...

Retirement expert joins Milliman

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... the Milliman team at this important time for the industry. Milliman said the appointment comes at a period of intense scrutiny for the financial services industry as it deals with the fallout from the Royal Commission and Productivity Commission inquiry ...

Centuria Life launches new bond offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... that." Blake said the post-Royal Commission environment sees customers being more discerning but Centuria welcomes the scrutiny. "There are thousands of financial advisers in this country who care deeply about their clients' wellbeing - I have witnessed ...

HNWs to embrace alternatives in 2019: Fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... institutional quality, global alternatives, Holmes added. "We think the changes in market dynamic, coupled with consumer scrutiny over value, will see family offices and private wealth managers seek to allocate listed market exposures towards low cost ...