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Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... towards technology as a solution to improve compliance in the wake of the Hayne Royal Commission. At a Q&A session at the Institute of Public Administration last month, Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke about how regtech could demystify the regulatory ...

Chief economist update: 'Paradox of Thrift' in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... it will be cooked to death - the Australian economy is slowly being boiled... to death. The latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey is case in point. Australian consumer sentiment declined by 1.7% in September to a reading of 98.2 ...

Aussie super funds drop in world rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... global ranking of the world's largest pension funds. According to Willis Towers Watson's latest Thinking Ahead Institute/Pensions and Investments World 300 report, Australia's super funds have had a rough 12 months. The report ranks the world's ...

ASIC approves name and shame rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... May, ASIC opened a public consultation on the rules changes and received 25 submissions. At the time, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees wanted AFCA to call out individual superannuation sectors across industry, retail and public sector ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... "notorious for being poorly researched or presented without context", going on to lambaste both Challenger and the Grattan Institute - whom Rice Warner has engaged in an ongoing battle with recently over the SG - for their recent research efforts. "Challenger ...

CFA exam results out, record participation

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
More than half of the candidates for the Level III CFA Program exam in June passed, CFA Institute announced. The 21,000-plus (56%) candidates - out of 38,377 - for the exam are now eligible to become CFA charter holders, pending verification of professional ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... fairer and more efficient ahead of the Federal Government's review of the retirement income system. The Actuaries Institute outlined a number of reforms needed to help fix the retirement system, one of which involves simplifying and integrating the ...

IOOF establishes super trustee office

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... in both her KPMG and non-executive roles, in both the listed and non-listed spaces," Griffiths said. Former Actuaries Institute president and Munich Re chief risk officer Lindsay Smartt has also joined the boards of IOOF and IOOF Investment Management ...

Peak bodies respond to government roadmap

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... recommendations, bodies representing the superannuation industry are leading criticisms against the timetable. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees said the six months the government had taken to respond to the recommendations is "far ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... confidence improved from 2 in June to 4 in July (albeit still below its long-run average of 6). The Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index increased by 3.6% to a reading of 100 - optimists level pegging with pessimists - in August from ...