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Super needs greater oversight from APRA: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
APRA should have greater powers to control and intervene in the superannuation industry, the latest spot poll results shows. More than half (58%) of respondents said APRA should have increased powers to improve board governance and risk management practices ...

Australia lax in fighting financial crime

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... CBA, this could change, Waldren said, adding there has been a cultural shift within AUSTRAC which is moving to be more proactive.

StatePlus partners for holistic retirement transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... impact since the World War II, he added. The impact however, will greatly depend on the "quality of the advice and the proactive undertakings by workforce leaders." "Older adults want to leave a knowledge legacy behind and want to keep contributing to ...

Financial advice key for world in reverse: Geldof

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Sir Bob Geldof urged the financial advisers of Australia to proactively prepare for the significant generational wealth transfer that is approaching to ensure people continue to receive financial advice. The keynote speaker at this year's Association ...

Increased scrutiny driving regtech need

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Red Marker - which was acquired by Kaplan earlier this year - are working together to empower organisations to be more proactive in identifying and remediating their own risk to minimise occurrences of poor and misleading advice reaching clients or being ...

IRESS enters regtech realm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
IRESS inked a $2 million strategic regtech partnership to assist financial services businesses improve compliance. The performance-linked investment in regtech and data analytics company Lucsan marks IRESS' first minority equity investment. The non-material ...

Underwriting expert joins ClearView

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... technical and practical. They can't just sit in their office shielded by administration staff. They need to be more proactive and accessible to advisers. As an industry we need to get better at facilitating open communication so advisers feel comfortable ...

Infocus buys influential advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... 1996. "I started Announcer as a way to help those families like my own, to take control of their financial lives through proactive budgeting and tackling the tough personal financial decisions. This acquisition represents the next chapter for Announcer ...

ASIC sets sights on IPO investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... requiring corrective disclosure from issuers on 134 occasions, making 56 interim stop orders and five final stop orders. Proactive steps currently being considered by ASIC to help better investor decision making include: engaging with stakeholders to ...

Aussie banks cleared of Wells Fargo-type conduct

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
The corporate regulator has cleared eight Australian banks of any systemic misconduct involving illegal opening of accounts as seen at international firm Wells Fargo. The audits, undertaken by ASIC in December 2016 of the big four plus BOQ, Citibank ...