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Whistleblower protections under microscope

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The Federal Government aims to strengthen whistleblower protections in the tax and corporate sectors by reviewing several identity and disclosure rules. Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, confirmed this morning that ...

Trump to boost Aussie commodities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
The squashed Australian commodity sector is expected to receive salvation from President-elect Trump come the New Year. That is a key takeout of State Street Global Advisors' latest report, 'After a Year of Unthinkables', which highlights the opportunities ...

Legg Mason creates national role in Sydney expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... investments in Australia and are greatly encouraged by the growing support from investors across the retail, wholesale and institutional sectors. In order to better service our clients, we will open a new office in Sydney and will add our first recruit ...

Centrepoint sells funding business for $20m

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Centrepoint Alliance sold its Premium Funding business following a strategic review. The business has been sold to the Finance subsidiary of the Bank of Queensland for a total consideration of $20 million. BOQ said the business was appealing due to ...

Software provider signs four Aussie hedge funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... provider will expand into Australia via four newly-signed hedge fund clients. Driven by the demand for affordable, institutional quality integrated OMS and PMS software, Singapore-based AlphaDesk began actively marketing in Australia in June and is experiencing ...

Link completes AustralianSuper transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
More than two million AustralianSuper members have been successfully transitioned by Link Group onto its aaspire administration platform. Ahead of schedule and under budget, the transition is Link's ninth in the past 14 months and brings the total of ...

NZ SMEs to receive $260m VC boost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
The NZ Super Fund will invest $260 million into SMEs across New Zealand over the next five to ten years via a range of venture capital funds. The fund will invest up to NZ$90 million in Direct Capital's V Fund, up to NZ$120 million into Pioneer Capital's ...

Life insurers complacent on Big Data

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
The lack of urgency displayed by life insurers in relation to adopting Big Data is unsustainable, a new report suggests. The MLC/Financial Services Council Big Data in Life Insurance report is based on data analysis and in-depth interviews with C-suite ...

Super tax receipts to reach $8bn: MYEFO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
The biggest changes to superannuation in a decade will cost the Federal Government $130 million in revenue but improve its underlying cash balance by about $3 billion out to 2020. These figures formed part of the government's Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal ...

REST launches online financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
REST Industry Super will now deliver online personalised financial advice to its members via a new partnership. Partnering with Midwinter, REST has launched the REST Advice Online platform, based on Midwinter's AdviceOS system. It will allow members ...