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ASIC wants industry views on short selling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... appropriately so that our market remains orderly and transparent. The proposals strike a balance between providing efficiency and certainty and reducing the burden of compliance for businesses, and managing the risks that short selling poses to market ...

CBA cops $25 million for BBSW rigging

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... our employees have engaged in unlawful conduct, nor have they done anything that would have adversely impacted the efficiency and integrity of financial markets as alleged, or at all," it said at the time. ANZ Bank has also come under fire for BBSW manipulation. ...

Regtech scores deal with US bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... for some time ahead of reaching this agreement...Kyckr will enable a further strengthening of the effectiveness and efficiency of this firm's corporate KYC," Higgins said. Higgins was appointed as the executive chairman of Kyckr in March. Higgins will ...

Robo-advice on the rise but no replacement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... we have learned that they demand a combination of technology with a human element. They want technology to improve efficiency, user experience and reduce cost, however they still value a connection with a human to provide tailored advice, answer questions ...

Commonwealth Super signs technology partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation inked a deal with an ASX-listed wealth management technology provider for greater efficiency in administering insurance claims. The CSC has signed a long-term contract with Bravura to implement its Sonata platform ...

CountPlus firm acquires NSW practice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... a valued provider to our successful clients from the Central Coast region," Evers said. CountPlus has been on a new efficiency drive since at least July last year, when it said it was divesting firms that generated aggregate operating losses in FY2017. ...

Open banking data to become super fund value add: QMV

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... retirement sayings, Steffanoni said. "Open data presents the possibility to advance market infrastructure and promote efficiency and member engagement in the superannuation system," he said. QMV is a provider of technology services and consulting for ...

Super fund redesigns insurance offering

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... application tools Simplified underwriting and claims processes resulting in reduced cycle times and greater operational efficiency. Tasplan aims to ensure its new life benefit addresses the needs of its 95,000-strong membership by balancing members' ...

Diversity leads growth manager in new direction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... Peter Brooke designed six forward-looking questions around three fundamental ESG buckets: company diversity, board efficiency and environmental sustainability. These same questions formed the basis for a wider questionnaire which Platypus has sent to ...

Focus on tax outcomes to drive up member returns: Parametric

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... to Financial Standard the ultimate goal of a tax-managed investment portfolio isn't to reduce tax, but to drive up efficiency and in doing so, improve after-tax returns. Parametric's tax management strategy involves considerations including differentiating ...