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Reporting overhaul to hit insurer profits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... life insurance contracts will be most affected, Bradley said. Insurers have until 2021 to implement the changes, but EY Oceania insurance leader Grant Peters said Australian insurers will need "significant time and effort" to interpret, implement and ...

Compliance and cybersecurity keeping bankers awake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... their financial performance to improve significantly over the next 12 months. EY banking and capital markets leader for Oceania, Tim Dring, said putting the customer at the centre of business models is going to be paramount to rebuilding trust in the ...

Hedge fund growth under pressure: EY

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... in the appetite of investors, managers have had to change the strategies employed to achieve asset growth, EY said. EY Oceania wealth and asset management leader Antoinette Elias said: "While the largest managers are pursuing several growth strategies ...

Banks balancing profit and capital adequacy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... efficiency efforts to preserve their current levels of profitability and sustainability of dividends." In a separate report, EY Oceania banking and capital markets leader Tim Dring said the big four banks' wealth returns have generally not met long term ...

ETFs to reach $6 trillion by 2020

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... averaging 21.5% per annum and with AUM valued at US$3.4 trillion as at August 2016. EY Wealth and Asset Management leader for Oceania, Antoinette Elias, said the global ETF industry is expanding, with competition intensifying as new providers enter the ...

Survey reveals little faith in bank advice

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... that they will give them unbiased advice that puts their interests first," Rob Colwell, EY banking customer leader for Oceania Colwell said. "This is consistent with global trends, where consumers were more likely to trust non-traditional competitors ...

Future Fund gains two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... has extensive experience in organisational leadership, finance, risk management and governance, including as a former Oceania chairman at Ernst & Young (EY), where he was also a member of the EY global governance council. He is a current member of the ...

Westpac prices climate bond at $500m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... certification. EY will review compliance with the Climate Bonds Standards on a semi-annual basis until the bond's maturity. EY Oceania managing partner of climate change and sustainability services, Dr Matthew Bell, noted the importance of Westpac committing ...

One in four willing to switch advisers: EY survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... compared to 57%), there are still over a third who would - representing a significant retention risk for local managers. EY Oceania wealth and asset management leader Antoinette Elias said the results should make the local industry sit up and take notice. ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... Budden said from Singapore via the company's impressive new digital conferencing system. EY's financial services leader for Oceania Rowan Macdonald the speed of technological change had the capacity to catch bigger players off-guard but now regulatory ...