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ASIC drops CBA investigation

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... 2006 more than 53,000 times, after it failed to report cash transactions worth $625 million to the financial intelligence agency. AUSTRAC slapped the bank with an additional 100 allegations just three months later, with CBA denying the majority of the ...

Pension funds apply pressure on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Insurance Office, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Financial Stability Oversight Council and various state offices. It urged the people working within each of these government ...

Hearts and Minds but no ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... financial products that are on their licensee's approved product list. These products often require a rating from an agency such as Zenith, Morningstar or Lonsec, as well as a three year track record. Independent research house Zenith, in particular ...

2020 MAX Award winners named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... these challenging times." The full list of 2020 MAX Award winners is below, or you can watch the virtual ceremony here. Agency Campaign of the Year T. Rowe Price with Fundamental Media Agency Executive of the Year - Financial Services Claire Zipeure ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... large, conglomerate sector with only subtle differentiation, where the structure of that large industry has created a large agency risk with inherent conflicts," he explained. "I think some of the criticism levelled at the industry is harsh and unnecessarily ...

Moody's downgrades AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
International ratings agency Moody's has downgraded AMP Group, AMP Bank and AMP Life. AMP Group, AMP Bank and AMP Life were all downgraded from A2 to A3 and remains under review for downgrade. AMP Life's insurance financial strength rating was ...

Tax chiefs crack down on tax evasion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... and Customs (HMRC) from the UK, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigations from the US, the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) and the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD). J5 said it has been working together to gather information ...

Super fund reveals ASX 100 equality laggards

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... then mapped a company's performance within these six categories against standards set by Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), giving them an averaged percentage score for how close the company was to meeting best practice. The big four performed ...

Fintech appoints former super fund chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... Forum. Since 1998, Dwyer has also worked as a director and subsequent chair of the private sector partner of the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, representing Australia. He is also a life member of superannuation industry body ASFA and the Fund Executives Association. ...

Westpac takes $1 billion profit hit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... failure to report a large number of International Funds Transfer Instructions (IFTIs), which Westpac self-reported to the agency. "Westpac has not yet received an indication from AUSTRAC about the nature of any enforcement action it may take. The Group ...