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Technology a tool not a threat: Avaloq

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
The implementation of technology to front, middle and back office functions will result in more efficiency and the delivery of a superior service, new research shows. A new study by Avaloq, The Front-to-Back Office Report - How are functions in the ...

Financial services' biggest tax bills revealed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
How much did Challenger, Perpetual, UBS and J.P. Morgan pay in taxes? The Australian Taxation Office has released the latest numbers. The ATO's latest Corporate Tax Transparency report found AMP Limited as the financial institution outside the big ...

Westpac sells Pacific to PNG bank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... ratio. It comes as Westpac announced last year that it was reviewing its business units and appointed Yetton to lead the task.

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... authority to support economic agents -- consumers, businesses and investors - until growth becomes self-sustaining. This task has now become less tasking, now that, like China, Australia has defeated the curse of COVID-19. Something wicked this way comes... ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, aligned with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board standards and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework. Greater transparency would enable more informed investment ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... the middle of next year to deliver the work of that roadmap, to start deliver a working group around taxonomy, guidance on [Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures] TCFD recommendations, to start convening a project group around the Task ...

SG verdict: Choose your own adventure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
In a catch 22, the final report says keeping SG at 9.5% will shrink Australian's final retirement balances by 12-18%, but increase working-life income by 2%. Australians will retire with 12% to 18% thinner final balances if the government sticks ...

COVID-19 to remain dominant in 2021

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... news flow and think about the long term," JPMAM said. "But with the global pandemic still dominating the headlines, that task is even more challenging - and yet it is also even more essential." JPMAM said, most critically, it expects fiscal intervention ...

Fintech hires in Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
A US-based fintech has appointed a head of international sales, who will be tasked with driving revenue growth in Australia and New Zealand. Jason O'Shaughnessy steps into the role at data aggregation and analytics for financial services provider Envestnet ...

Chief economist update: V for vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... compassion, empathy and concern. I will spare no effort - or commitment - to turn this pandemic around." True to his words, that task force was convened on the Monday (November 9) straight after his Saturday victory. As per Factset: "Biden conferred ...