Australian major banks’ half year results 2019
EY’s analysis of the 2019 half year results of Australia’s major banks
Why organizations should be concerned about privileged accounts
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Watch your step: Successfully navigating Asia-Pacific’s retirement markets
Those looking to participate in pension reform markets need to understand the challenges – not just the opportunities – as millions more customers join the region’s retirement markets.
Financial Services Briefing
Insights from our financial services network.
How will your personal data affect your future health and financial well-being?
Explore how firms can leverage data to deepen the connection between wealth and health — or wellness as a service.
How credit funds can operationally transform their valuation process
Accurate pricing by credit fund managers is crucial in today’s economic environment. Operational improvements may be key to success.
Royal Commission Final Report
Where to next?
EY explores how the Hayne Royal Commission recommendations will impact the finance industry and its regulators and how your organisation should prepare for an extended period of implementation.
Why wealth could be the next big service
Just as digitization has reshaped many industries, "wealth as a service" will see wealth management become as convenient and engaging as online shopping or social media.
Can we better protect members’ best interests and deliver better retirement savings outcomes in Australia?
The Superannuation industry is facing questions due to the misconduct unveiled by the Royal Commission into misconduct.

Financial Services

Helping the industry catalyze transformation

From tech-enabled innovation and new market entrants to intense cost pressures and expanding customer expectations, wealth and asset management firms will likely change more in the next five years than they have in the last 25 years. We work with wealth and asset management firms to get ahead of the curve to secure a promising future for the industry and improve financial well-being around the world.

It starts with asking better questions – questions about our clients’ most complex problems, serious challenges and growth opportunities. When we ask better questions we find better answers that lead to bolder strategies, more efficient operations and stronger performance.

We cover key issues in these areas:

Winning and retaining the right clients
We help our clients grow their business by getting new and innovative products to market quickly, enhancing distribution strategies, improving efficiency and accuracy of onboarding new clients and attracting new investors through digital interfaces.
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Operating at optimal efficiency
We help clients improve front, middle and back office functions. Our goal is to help clients increase efficiency and manage the overall impact on profitability by leveraging technology, data and digital teams across the value chain.
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Protecting your business and brand
We help clients drive an integrated and holistic approach to global enterprise risk and regulatory compliance issues. We leverage functional, technology and data teams to provide leading class solutions that address current market issues, threats and vulnerabilities.
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Balancing the risk/reward equation
We work with clients to develop and enhance leading class integrated risk and finance infrastructures. Our focus is on end-to-end financial transformation assistance, developing and enhancing frameworks for improved financial risk reporting and core finance transformation including ERP implementations.
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Creating value amid disruption
We work with clients on their strategic growth, business portfolio and investment and divestment decisions. We have also developed a methodology to help companies understand areas of vulnerability relating to activism and how best to prepare and respond.
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- Global capital confidence barometer report
- Bridging the gap: investors and private equity firms

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Digital. Human. Do we have to choose?

Financial institutions need business strategies that thrive in a fully digital world – they don’t need to “go digital”, they need to be digital.

Ready for the new Prudential Standard CPS 234 - Information Security?

APRA has recently proposed its first cross-industry prudential standard on information security. Join our EY panel who will lead a discussion on the implications for your organisation and how to respond to the changing regulatory requirements.

Register for the webcast here.

Fees and Costs Disclosure: regulatory guide

The disclosure requirements of RG97 have left trustees of superannuation funds and responsible entities of managed funds and investment schemes searching for clarity. Read more.