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Banks commit to new adviser hiring standards

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... the hopes of only employing competent and ethical financial advisers, the banking industry has announced a new hiring protocol. The banking industry has created a protocol which sets minimum standards for checking references and sharing information through ...

All super funds should have independent chair: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
New research shows superannuation executives are still divided over views on board independence yet academics persist all funds be required to appoint an independent chair. Following its initial paper on the contentious issue, the Centre for International ...

BNP and SmartAngels announce Blockchain partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... secondary market using blockchain. BNP Paribas Securities Services is developing a share register that uses the Blockchain protocol, which will automatically register financial securities issued by SmartAngels' client companies. Investor payments will ...

CommInsure enhances claims process

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
In response to recent media coverage, CommInsure chair Geoff Austin has apologised to affected customers and said "the concerns raised in the recent cases reported are not a reflection of the values of our people or our business." Austin added, "We ...

Super fund chief in Paris for climate talks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... Asset Management chief executive Ian Simm said, unlike previous attempts to come with an attempt to replace the Kyoto protocol, "There have been some very encouraging developments in recent months." "In particular the United States and China have both ...

Class expands in the SMSF cloud

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... level of technology integration into the offering and momentum for this was continuing. The Class APIs use the security protocol - the OAuth 2.0 framework - making possible a secure mechanism to instantly populate data, sync information, and extract ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... due to expire at the end of this month - to allow them to gauge Vladimir Putin's compliance with last February's Minsk Protocol II - ceasefire agreement -A by the end of 2015. The BBC lists the key points of the Minsk agreement here. Not surprisingly ...

IRESS launches cloud-based trading platform

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
IRESS has launched SmartHub, a cloud-based financial transaction messaging platform. SmartHub is designed to offer a low-latency, globally-implemented online service which reduces trade messaging back-office compatibility burdens. It supports "multiple" ...

Senate grills ASIC after it blocks 250,000 websites

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... to the submission, ASIC staff tried to block a small number of fraudulent investment websites by blocking the internet protocol (IP) address they were hosted under. However, they did not realise that more than one website can be hosted under the same ...

Labor, Greens will "keep fighting" after FoFA backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
The Labor Party and the Greens met this morning to consider next steps after the Palmer United Party (PUP) and Motor Enthusiasts Senator Ricky Muir made a last-minute move to support the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments in the Senate last ...