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Chalmers sworn in as treasurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... The weekend's result also sees the departure of Jane Hume as minister for financial services, superannuation, and the digital economy. Treasury is now led by Jim Chalmers, the man who has served as shadow treasurer since mid-2019. He was sworn in this ...

State Street plans local ETF portal launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... Street plans to roll out its Fund Connect ETF portal in Australia. The Fund Connect ETF portal is part of State Street Digital and provides access to more than 960 ETFs. It was made available in Singapore this week and marks its first product in the ...

How AMP plans to bounce back

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... working towards resuming dividends, she said the group is undertaking significant cost reduction projects, "leveraging digital knowhow and data, and creating a performance-driven, purpose-led culture in which our employees are empowered to deliver". ...

Equip adds to executive team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... Cameron said. Likewise, Retallick said: "I'm excited to join the executive to help deliver on the fund's ambition to be a digital first organisation with increased self-serve capabilities which equips members today for a better retirement."

Trust in financial services jumps: CFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... stressed market conditions. Younger investors, particularly millennials have led the way in the use of robo-advice and digital apps. More than 70% of millennials prefer technology platforms and tools to human assistance. Nevertheless, advice endures ...

Westpac architects new institutional banking platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... contemporary and cloud-native core technology, the bank's institutional clients will benefit from a new market-leading digital experience. This new banking platform would also enable Westpac's institutional clients to procure access to advanced liquidity ...

We knew people would leave the advice industry: Hume

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... offer to clients. She took no exception to the Best Interests Duty, stringent educational standards, onerous compliance or digital disruption that have reformed the industry. Hume was also unperturbed by the finfluencers that have begun to fill the hole ...

State Street bags K2 Asset Management mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... pleased to work with State Street and other key stakeholders to deliver a sustainable solution in the increasingly important digital and crypto segment for investors." Likewise, State Street digital APAC product lead Irfan Ahmad said: "Demand for cryptocurrencies ...

First crypto ETFs launch on Cboe Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
... statement, Cboe said ETFs are the first to offer Australian investors with direct, regulated exposure to the world's largest digital tokens by market capitalisation, Bitcoin and Ethereum. ETF Securities launched Australia's first cryptocurrency-backed ...

ETF Securities to win Australian crypto ETF race

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
... market cap has dwindled to US$500 billion from its US$1.1 trillion peak in October 2021. Over the last five days, the digital asset has also experienced a 15% price decline and is down 51% from its all-time highs.