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Personal security concerns reach new high: Unisys

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
Australian consumer concern about security issues including financial and internet risks is the highest it's been in the last decade according to the latest Unisys Security Index. The overall Unisys Security Index for Australia is 157 out of 300, up ...

Macquarie team joins Shaw and Partners

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
Shaw and Partners is bringing over a team of seven from Macquarie Private Wealth to manage a new Canberra office. Stephen Johnson will lead the new Canberra team along with fellow Macquarie veterans Rod Sutherland, Tom Kenyon, Penny Ponder, Neil Robertson ...

Blockchain feasibility test successful: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... through to the settlement and payment - industry participants could significantly benefit from it, deputy chief executive Ken Tregidgo said. "Placing the market on a blockchain effectively opens the door for potential efficiencies across the whole transaction ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
You've all heard, read and googled the news - the Australian dollar is taking a battering and is headed down, down. I first came across this when I read Michael Wilson's piece on Bloomberg, "The Australian Dollar's Outlook Darkens" (16 May). Back then ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Multi-national companies that happen to span the world's emerging markets have entered Version 3.0 when it comes to high-quality distribution models, reshaping the term globalisation. This is the view of Capital Group investment director Andy Budden ...

Big four hammer bank levy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... ultimately flows through to customers, shareholders, suppliers, staff or some combination of all four," Maxsted said. NAB chair Ken Henry expressed similar sentiments, saying the relevant "poor public policy" would cost his bank about $350 million each ...

Finance Sector Union appoints former NSW Premier

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
The Finance Sector Union is welcoming a former New South Wales Premier as its deputy leader. Nathan Rees, who served as NSW Premier from September 2008 to December 2009, before being deposed by Kristina Keneally, contrasted himself with other former ...

Total Financial Solutions chief appointed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The interim chief executive of Countplus subsidiary Total Financial Solutions Australia will take on the role permanently. Andrew Kennedy began acting in the role in January of this year, while maintaining the role of general manager, growth. Kennedy ...

FPA appoints conduct commission chair

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is taking a step forward to becoming a code monitoring body with the appointment of a new chair to its conduct review commission. Graham McDonald, a solicitor and barrister with experience in dispute resolution ...

ASIC signs fintech agreement with Indonesia

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
ASIC and Indonesia's Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) have entered a co-operation agreement to promote innovation in financial services in the regulators' respective markets. The agreement, signed on Friday in Melbourne, establishes a framework for co-operation ...