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Mobile phone banking on the way

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
... internet so in those cases, they can use their mobile number [as the account]," he said. "This means no exposure to internet fraud and no risk and this is happening very much in Austria and Germany." A successful implementation of the technology can ...

Smaller funds lack risk reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... by the super fund to provide immediate access to funds to compensate members if a unit pricing error, system failure or fraud occurs. Mercer's research found a growing number of funds are establishing operational risk reserves but there is a gap between ...

AVG targets hacker behaviour

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... reflect a key priority of IT teams right across Australia's financial services: identity theft. According to the 2008 Identity Fraud Survey Report of Javelin Strategy & Research, identity theft is now the number one internet-based crime and claims almost ...

ATO targets early access and in-house rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is targeting illegal early access to retirement savings and stepping up its compliance activities to ensure self managed super fund (SMSF) trustees don't break the law. Speaking at the SMSF Professionals' Association ...

Tassie adviser banned

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... oath during examination by ASIC in 2007. Moore was then banned in August on the ground the conviction in 2007 was one of fraud. He has applied to the appeals tribunal to have the decision reviewed but the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) refused ...

Fin lit survey highlights deficit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008
... example, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, last year Australians lost nearly $1 billion falling victim to fraud and scams," said Mike Smith, ANZ chief executive. "Added to this, the current global financial turmoil highlights the importance ...

CHOICE warns of online fraud

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
Consumer watchdog CHOICE has outlined a list of online identity fraud techniques to protect consumers against the growing threat. CHOICE estimates identity fraud costs Australians roughly $1 billion affecting 500,000 people every year. Most are hit ...

US and Aus open equities borders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... and cooperation between ASIC and SEC. The MOU means both SEC and ASIC can still pursue violations of their respective anti fraud laws and regulations. However, managed funds aren't covered by the agreement. "We hope that with the benefit of practical ...

Kenya budgets right for investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
There are more winners than losers in the first Budget announced since the formation of Kenya's first coalition government, with local and foreign investors first in line to benefit. The group said in a report that household consumers will benefit from ...

UBS faces multi-billion lawsuit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
UBS Securities and UBS Financial Services in the US are embroiled in a multi-billion dollar fraud lawsuit filed by the New York State Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo's lawsuit charges UBS with falsely selling and marketing auction rate securities ...

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Aware Super reshapes governance team, appoints chief risk officer

VINNY VUCAGO
Aware Super has announced a leadership reshuffle, appointing a new chief risk officer amid the departure of its long-serving group executive of legal.

IFM lifts stake in Atlas Arteria to 40% after upping offer price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
IFM Investors has raised its stake in Atlas Arteria from 34.5% to 38.3% in an on-market stock purchase, just a day after it raised its offer price for the toll road operator to $5.10 per security.

Zenith bolsters research, investment capabilities with new hires

MATTHEW WAI
Zenith has announced two senior appointments to strengthen its research and portfolio management divisions.

Regulators push for stronger stress-testing capability, resilience

KARREN VERGARA
The ability to remain resilient and manage liquidity pressures amid severe, multi-dimensional stress scenarios is an area of focus that APRA and ASIC want superannuation funds to improve.

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