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Perpetual acquires majority stake in Interfi

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
Perpetual has agreed to acquire a 70% stake in loan servicing technology provider Interfi Systems. Perpetual said the acquisition will strengthen the digital capabilities of its Corporate Trust business while continuing to reduce debt. The ASX-listed ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... power, rising food insecurity, strained public budgets and weakening livelihoods. "In contexts where social protection systems are limited or fiscal buffers are constrained, these pressures may translate quickly into increased poverty and vulnerability," ...

AFCA puts InterPrac determinations on ice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... said: "Victims are no longer just fighting to recover their retirement savings. We are now being forced to fight the very systems that was supposedly created to protect us." AFCA acting chief ombudsman and chief executive June Smith commented: "We understand ...

ASIC flags stronger fintech collaboration

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... officer Mariana Paun said Zepto spent seven months approximately $1.5 million building foundational security and governance systems before launching products. "For us, a sandbox, for example would have been quite important because we have to make that ...

More advisers go self-licensed to avoid associative risks

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... practices will not be the ones who do the most internally, they will be the ones who design the most intelligent operating systems." Meanwhile, Euvrard highlighted the industry is currently undergoing a "fundamental shift", with some 67 Australian financial ...

Westpac fined $26m for financial hardship neglect

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... contrary, Justice McEvoy said, "while the contraventions were not suggested to be deliberate and arose instead from inadequate systems and operational failures, I have accepted that they were grossly negligent." "A particularly serious aspect of Westpac's ...

MPC Markets partners with HeirWealth

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... components. MPC Markets chief executive Mark Gardener said the firm selected Atlas after reviewing multiple reporting systems currently available in the market. "Atlas was the only one that handled the full picture: multi-broker, multi-currency, FX-attributed ...

AFCA appoints lead superannuation ombudsman

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... vulnerable consumers when it should have ceased. AFCA said the findings highlighted growing importance of operational systems, oversight mechanisms and escalation processes in ensuring firms appropriately respond to vulnerable customers.

Financial services failing to provide consistent outcomes: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... operational failures such as delays, administrative errors or rigid system processes may have amplified consequences where systems were not sufficiently responsive to individual circumstances." Based on the ombudsman's investigation, these matters occured ...

ASFA joins Finance Industry Council of Australia

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... and super funds play an increasingly influential role across capital markets, infrastructure investment and financial systems.