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BlackRock and Microsoft develop retirement platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
BlackRock will partner with the global technology giant to develop a new retirement platform. Noting the responsibility for retirement planning now rests with millions of Americans, Microsoft has partnered with BlackRock, and the two global giants intend ...

Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
These are the 2018 Financial Standard stories to have in your back pocket for summer discussions around the barbeque. Shuttering dividend cash loophole to hit SMSFs In March the ALP proposed to eliminate cash refunds from excess dividend imputation ...

One small step for responsible investment sees one giant leap for Man Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
Global active manager Man Group can now quantify the degree of responsible investment focus across its entire suite of funds. It adds clarity for institutional investors demanding greater ESG transparency. The $158 billion (US$114bn) investment manager's ...

Sydney fintech sells for $339m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
Financial services software giant Temenos is buying customer acquisition and onboarding technology company Avoka for $339 million (US$245 million). Avoka's success story begins in Australia. Temenos chief operating officer and chief financial officer ...

IOOF future uncertain: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
The planned sale of ANZ Wealth to IOOF is under threat as a result of the uncompromising action of APRA. As such, Morningstar has placed the stock IOOF Holdings under review. Morningstar described the action brought against IOOF by APRA as a major hit ...

AMP replaces Regan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
AMP announced new leadership of its advice business, replacing Jack Regan. After 20 years, Regan is retiring from the group. He has been on extended leave since his damning appearance at the Royal Commission in April this year. He has been replaced ...

Planning firm among healthiest Australian workplaces

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
Financial services companies fared well in AIA's latest healthiest workplace survey, with a 21-year-old firm recognised as Australia's healthiest small workplace. The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, planning firm Announcer and Mercer are all ...

Celebrities cop $1m crypto fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
Boxing giant Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled have become the first people to be charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the unlawful promotion of initial coin offerings. Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled - real name Khaled ...

Macquarie chiefs embroiled in German investigation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Macquarie Group executives, including outgoing chief Nicholas Moore and successor Shemara Wikramanayake, are embroiled in a German investigation that alleges the bank was involved in a share-trading scheme. In a statement released to the ASX on Friday ...

Pension fund awards custody mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
One of the largest pension funds in the world awarded a custody mandate to global giant BNY Mellon. The $827 billion National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) appointed BNY Mellon as its global custodian for fixed income. BNY Mellon Asia Pacific head ...