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APRA will rethink how it assesses risk: Byres

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... regulators can play their part but cannot regulate a good culture into existence." Byres also said that none of the industries that APRA regulates are a profession, and supported the establishment of professional standards. "There is no defined body ...

MetLife scores group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... special for their members," Watt added. Tasplan is a public offer super fund open to members working across different industries.

Fintech hub snaps up Afterpay co-founder

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... into Craig's very big shoes, given her demonstrated leadership and business success across a variety of relevant industries and business types," "She's been instrumental in supporting the development of Stone & Chalk's strategy, and continually ...

Improve climate risk disclosure: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... "Climate change is a foreseeable risk facing many listed companies in the Australian market in a range of different industries," Price said. "Directors and officers of listed companies need to understand and continually reassess existing and emerging ...

LIC invests in crypto platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... regulatory changes and blockchain technology to go mainstream," Manzoori said. FGF invests in companies across different industries and funding stages. Recently, with the backing of Melbourne-based Blockchain Global, it changed its investment strategy ...

Boutique adds insto distribution lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... earlier this year as head of retail distribution. Nanuk Asset Management specialises in listed global companies and industries that contribute to or benefit from greater global environmental sustainability and resource efficiency, including clean energy ...

PractiFI opens US office

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
A fintech which delivers business administration services to the financial advice, superannuation and insurance industries has received funding to launch in the US. PractiFI received a $3 million injection from a joint venture between Microequities ...

Advisers can help democratise philanthropy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... philanthropic sector that present business development opportunities for the financial advice and wealth management industries, according to an expert. State Street Global Advisors SPDR head of practice management Brie Williams said women and millennials ...

Global equities fund purges tobacco, fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... fuels, oil and gas refining, oil and gas exploration and production, and integrated oil and gas and tobacco - the sub-industries defined by the MSCI. Vontobel AM Australia managing director Bobby Bostic said the change has come from demands of the fund's ...

Financial services confidence continues spiral

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... research, which measures about 1000 Australians' expectations and perceptions of ethics across a range of sectors and industries. "The message here is clear - those who are seen to be working selflessly for others are generally more trusted," Burrell ...