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Government to invest in fintech security

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... Government will spend $33.3 million on services to facilitate authentication in digital financial transactions, including a voice biometric, Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher announced. This follows Treasurer Joe Hockey's comments during the ...

Vale Phil Spathis

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... O'Sullivan. He was the first staff member of ACSI and his determined work and leadership built the organisation in to a recognised voice on corporate governance in Australia and internationally, a statement from the industry body said. The board, membership ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... product types for less (just think of the how many consumer products the smartphone has replaced from cameras and film to voice recorders and alarm clocks, the total cost of the smartphone is significantly less than the aggregate costs of the individual ...

Adviser Ratings revamps website in prep for FAR launch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... decisions," said Adviser Ratings campaign and communications director Christopher Zinn. "Our goal is to use our independent voice to re-engage consumers with financial advice and this will require speaking to them on their own terms."

Labor backs ASIC data retention authority

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus voiced his support for amendments to the Government's data retention bill which authorise the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to retain telecommunications data for the purposes of investigating ...

Revised legislation to ease foreign access to local managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The government's revised Investment Manager Regime (IMR) draft legislation contemplates removing tax impediments that traditionally have deterred foreign entities from using Australian fund managers. "The revised IMR legislation will provide foreign ...

ACSI chief executive to step down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... beneficiaries of long-term institutional investors." ACSI has begun a search for Hagart's replacement. "Gordon has been a strong voice on ACSI's behalf during his tenure," president Gerard Noonan said. "We will miss his professionalism, his intellectual ...

Altius launches ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... Sustainability Advisory Committee, which consists of two investor representatives, and was established to provide investors with a voice on how the investment universe is formed and evolves over time. The current members include Uniting Financial Services ...

Santa came to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... Italian Santa Claus didn't come bearing gifts last Friday, but he was whispering hope and financial markets welcomed his voice. Speaking in Frankfurt, European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi promised that the ECB would "do what we must to ...

Sally Loane new CEO of the Financial Services Council

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... living longer and need to ensure they can live comfortably in retirement. The second, to ensure financial services has a voice of influence in the debate on the tax and federation white papers a^' an area which is well overdue for reform. "And the third ...