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Frydenberg boosts APRA funding

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
The Federal Government has moved to strengthen supervision of the financial services industry, boosting APRA's funding and reappointing chair Wayne Byres for five years. The prudential regulator will welcome an extra $58.7 million in funding over ...

Social media reacts to SIBOS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Attendees of the world's largest banking conference took to social media to share their SIBOS experience. Swift at sibos today: "The benefits of DLT are promising, but delivering it is still years away." There are over 100 financial institutions with ...

Assistant Treasurer refutes breach allegations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert has countered allegations he breached the Corporations Act. Responding to questions from Financial Standard today, Robert said allegations levelled at him by Labor Senator Chris Ketter during Senate Estimates on Wednesday ...

Asset management business models need a rethink: panel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
From conventional methods to manage investments to the role of blockchain in the future, an industry panel session debates what business models have the power to disrupt financial services. Appearing on a panel at the SIBOS conference in Sydney this ...

Digital custody evolutionary, not revolutionary: SIBOS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
A SIX executive told SIBOS delegates moving to a complete digital custody system in one go would prove to be a challenge for the global financial services industry. Speaking at the SIBOS conference in Sydney on Tuesday morning, SIX head of product management ...

CFSGAM Aussie equities executive on the move

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
A $2.5 trillion global investment manager is welcoming a former CFSGAM head of core Australian equities as its investment director in Australia. Matthew Reynolds has linked with Capital Group with a remit to provide strategic advice on investment strategy ...

Class chief steps down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
The chief executive of SMSF software provider Class will step down after a three month transition period. Kevin Bungard will leave Class after leading the business for about four years. In an ASX announcement on Wednesday, Class said its board had come ...

Argo Investments attacks Labor franking policy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
The listed investment company, with about $5.5 billion in funds under management, condemned Labor's franking credit policy at its annual general meeting. Holding its AGM this morning, Argo Investments said Labor's policy to remove refundable franking ...

Revised penalties come down hard on white collar crime

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
The Federal Government will this week introduce legislation into parliament to increase the penalties for white collar crimes. In a media release on Sunday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said criminal penalties were set to double in some cases, while civil ...

ASIC moves on Dollarmites

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
ASIC is set to review banking and financial literacy programs in Australian primary schools, including Commonwealth Bank's recently criticised Dollarmites program. ASIC said school banking programs are supposed to educate young Australians about the ...