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Iress partners with regtech for DDO

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
The financial services software company has announced it is integrating Objective Corporation with its blockchain technology for its design and distribution obligations (DDO) solution. The integration will allow product issuers to publish Target Market ...

Must prepare for demise of LIBOR: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... and corporations that use derivatives contracts referencing LIBOR to review and, wherever practical, adhere to the ISDA protocol," Kent said. "There is also a lot of good work going on across industry to develop robust fallbacks for non-derivatives products." ...

Financial adviser reference checks under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... introduced to parliament includes obligations for AFSLs to comply with an ASIC reference checking and information sharing protocol. Now, ASIC has developed a draft protocol and is consulting with the industry on its implementation. Stakeholders have ...

Climate change reporting is cheap talk: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
New research suggests that many companies engage in "cheap talk" and are ultimately greenwashing as a result of reporting poor quality emissions data. The University of Augsberg research paper, co-authored by Research Affiliates' Vitali Kalesnik ...

Transition away from LIBOR continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... week, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) announced that it will launch the 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol on October 23. This new protocol will implement fall-back provisions for derivative contracts referencing key interbank offered ...

Chief economist update: US-China tensions escalate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
Houston, we have a problem. The headlines say it all: "US-China tensions escalate after closure of Houston consulate" - The Guardian "China pledges to retaliate after U.S. orders closure of its consulate in Houston" - Washington Post "U.S. Orders China ...

Bad news for BDMs despite industry-wide uptick

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
The latest market update for financial services in Australia from Kaizen Recruitment contains some welcome good news, but times remain tough for business development managers. Kaizen recently surveyed over 50 financial services organisations regarding ...

ATO to determine duplicate ERS applications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... the member." However, if a fund receives a second determination from the same member account, it will have to follow protocol and wait for more information from the ATO. In the update the ATO said a fund support team will be reviewing information each ...

COVID-19 clogs custody mandate pipeline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Switching custodians is one of the tasks being put on the back burner as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts businesses and markets. The biggest custody businesses are experiencing delays in implementing new mandates, as volatility makes clients hesitant ...

Few redundancies but pay cuts abound: Recruiter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The financial services industry in Australia is one of the lucky ones right now with businesses still operational but while firms seem keen to hang on to their people, pay cuts are commonplace. April insights from financial services recruiter Profusion ...