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Final Royal Commission reforms to be tabled, YFYS review begins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
The final raft of legislative reform resulting from the Royal Commission will be introduced to parliament this week and consultation on the review of the Your Future, Your Super regime has commenced, minister for financial services Stephen Jones confirmed ...

Government to review adviser professional standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... priority. We encourage the government to ensure the consultation process is targeted and efficient, and we are keen to see swift and decisive action by the Minister giving the profession certainty on these standards."

TIP Group launches first UK fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... was acquired from Burman Invest in June. Recently, TIP Group has also made several key hires. This month TIP named Rachel Swift as chief strategy officer; she is leading the wealth division's corporate advisory practice. In June, TIP Group also appointed ...

Initial review of RIC strategies underway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
APRA and ASIC have already begun reviewing superannuation funds' retirement income strategies, with a view to publishing its findings later this year. In a speech to the Financial Services Council's Policy Briefing, APRA member Margaret Cole said the ...

TIP Group appoints chief strategy officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
Teaminvest Private Group (TIP) has named Rachel Swift as chief strategy officer. Swift will split her time between Adelaide and Sydney, leading the wealth division's corporate advisory practice, effective immediately. She is a senior advisor, executive ...

Hume, Bragg address Blockchain Week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... sanctions. Some of the most nefarious actors in the world will benefit. This needs to be addressed. The removal of Russia from SWIFT and the sanctioning of the Russian Central Bank has given this issue fresh urgency," Bragg said. "While this has been ...

Can Russia use crypto to get around sanctions?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... Finance at UNSW Business School, explained that crypto can be used to get around sanctions. "The sanctions, specifically SWIFT, stop transactions through certain banks, meaning that payments for purchases cannot be settled. If the seller (Russia) accepts ...

Australia confirms economic sanctions against Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
... the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. These measures include the removal of selected Russian banks from the SWIFT global payments messaging system. They also include restrictive measures to prevent the Russian Central Bank from using its ...

AMP divests infrastructure debt platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JAN 2022
... the transaction and are committed to ensuring clients' interests are protected," Johnson added. "We are working through a swift separation and transition to minimise disruption for clients and our demerger process." On completion, AMP's entire infrastructure ...

Climate science skills needed in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
As the COP26 summit continues, an industry body is calling on the need for greater climate science skills in the financial services industry. FINSIA believes without climate science skills, financial services organisations are at a great risk of negatively ...