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Major banks overlooking elder abuse

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... chief executive of not-for-profit organisation Greysafe, said it's been over a year since the ABA asked banks to be more proactive and develop a framework to combat elder abuse. This has been met with silence by bank bosses who seem more focussed on ...

Wealth, insurance arms hit banks' earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
The wealth management and insurance businesses continued to squeeze the margins of the four major banks in the full year to 2017, separate reports from EY and KPMG have found. A KPMG analysis of the major Australian banks' performance shows the insurance ...

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... services industry is a high-profile target internationally for cyber-security threats, but the good news is that firms are proactive in adopting security technology, he said.

TCorp and Sunsuper buy UK airports

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... in the infrastructure sector provide greater scope for value creation through responsible stewardship, governance and proactive management of assets to create value for our members. We look forward to our ongoing involvement in the Bristol and Birmingham ...

Synchron hires new state manager from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... replace Sheridan Wright, whom Synchron said has taken a "senior management role" at Perpetual. "Regenass shares the same proactive, collaborative and constructive approach we take at Synchron and we are confident he is the ideal person to build on the ...

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 ...