State Street opens new global headquarters

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State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) has marked the opening of its new global headquarters building at One Congress Street, located in the Bullfinch Crossing area of downtown Boston. The new... Read more continue reading

Five things you should know about the TNFD framework

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Following several months of consultation, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published its inaugural risk management and disclosure framework which is designed to create a global standard for... Read more continue reading

Licensing and professional registration activities – 2023 ASIC update

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ASIC has released its annual licensing report today. Report 772 Licensing and professional registration activities: 2023 update (REP 772) outlines ASIC’s licensing and professional registration activities, discusses new and proposed changes... Read more continue reading

A Fed “skip” and BoE modest August CPI cast doubt on policy rate hike

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At its recent meeting, the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) opted to “skip” a hike in the policy rate. However, the Fed indicated that more policy... Read more continue reading

Financial Services marketing is broken: new study reveals marketing and legal/compliance are perpetually at odds

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New research has highlighted the continuing tensions between the legal/compliance and marketing teams across the financial services sector, in no small part made worse by archaic approval processes for marketing... Read more continue reading

Columbia Threadneedle Investments strengthens APAC team with two appointments

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Columbia Threadneedle Investments, a leading global asset management group, has bolstered its team in Asia Pacific with two new appointments. Lucy Martin has been appointed to a newly created role... Read more continue reading

Customer-owned banks as a group are the most trusted banks in Australia

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Roy Morgan’s Customer Owned Banking Association – Trust and Distrust Scores Report showed customer-owned banks collectively lead the table when it comes to consumer trust in banking, recording a higher Net Trust... Read more continue reading

Australian actuaries recognised for their contributions to climate policy and solutions

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The Actuaries Institute has named Rade Musulin and Sharanjit Paddam as recipients of the 2023 Actuary of the Year Award for their work in developing solutions for climate change and... Read more continue reading

ANZIIF Making a Difference Winner announced for life insurance and underwriting  

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The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) is pleased to announce the winners of the ANZIIF Making a Difference Awards in the Life and Underwriting categories.... Read more continue reading

$50 billion milestone for Equity Trustees super business

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Leading independent super trustee Equity Trustees has surpassed the $50 billion in funds under supervision (FUS) milestone following the latest inflow to the portfolio of funds under its trusteeship. The... Read more continue reading