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Infocus scores exclusive referral to 450 offices nationwide

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... over 450 offices throughout Australia via an exclusive referral arrangement with a global accounting firm. NYSE-listed H&R Block, which opened its doors in Australia in 1971, employs over 2000 tax consultants throughout the country and prepares more ...

Trump's tweets and deeds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The times they are a-changin'. Three major central banks - the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and the Bank of England (BOE) - one day after another last week but did many give a hoot? Sure, it was hardly news because all three kept ...

CBA and Queensland Treasury build blockchain bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Commonwealth Bank issued the world's first government bond built using blockchain. The bank created a cryptobond for Queensland Treasury Corporation via its capital markets blockchain platform, the first of its kind both in Australia and globally. QTC ...

Pillar CEO departs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Mercer's acquisition of Pillar Administration is in full swing with the latter's chief executive leaving the company this week. Peter Brook was chief executive of the former state-owned superannuation administration firm for about four years from 2013. ...

Offline Australian retail sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... (ABS) traditional retail sales estimate. Retail spending is an important metric for the economy because it's the building block of overall household consumption which accounts for around 60% of Australia's GDP. Getting it right - or wrong - has implications ...

Innovate to beat innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2017
As technological change rapidly accelerates, asset managers are being warned to adapt before they get left behind. Global research firm Cerulli Associates says managers cannot ignore the growing trend of robo-advice and emergence of blockchain technology. ...

Hedge funds lack confidence in data security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
The latest report from KPMG and the Alternative Investment Management Association shows 60% of hedge fund managers lack confidence in the ability of government bodies to safeguard fund data and information once it leaves their firm. The report - compiling ...

Court blocks IOOF class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
A proposed class action against IOOF has been rejected by the Victorian Supreme Court. Law firm Maurice Blackburn has agreed to orders prohibiting it from proceeding with the proposed law suit, commenced in December 2015 on behalf of tens of thousands ...

CBA in world-first blockchain transaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank and Wells Fargo have embarked on the first global trade transaction between two independent banks via blockchain. The transaction involved a shipment of 88 cotton bales from Texas to Qingdao, China using a distributed ledger known ...

Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Innovation Australia chairman Bill Ferris holds a "glass half full" view on the superannuation industry's contribution to technological advancement across the country. Ferris said superannuation funds are buying in to the discussion and narrative about ...