Chris Kennedy

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11 January 2011

Flooding in south-east Queensland has interrupted the services of several Queensland-based financial services organisations that had earlier offered assistance to those a...

10 January 2011

Count Financial is acquiring a strategic 8.25 per cent stake in Professional Investment Services (PIS) parent entity Centrepoint Alliance, according to a Christmas Eve an...

9 January 2011

Although it is still early days in terms of the fallout from the Queensland floods, Australia’s financial advisory industry has begun looking into what assistance w...

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9 January 2011

ASIC accepted an enforceable undertaking from Professional Investment Services in December due to concerns over the firm’s compliance with its legal obligations....

16 December 2010

The Government’s measured response to the 177 recommendations put forth in the Cooper Review has been broadly welcomed by the industry, with agreement reached on mo...

16 December 2010

Colonial First State Property will acquire AXA’s Melbourne headquarters at 750 Collins Street through its Commonwealth Property Office Fund....

15 December 2010

A shift to fee-for-service will see a move from active to passive investments as advisers look to justify their new fee structure, according to Fidelity Investment Manage...

14 December 2010

BetaShares Capital has launched its first two ETFs onto the ASX, with products that track both the resources and financials sectors in the S&P/ASX 200....

13 December 2010

The replacement of outgoing Financial Planning Association CEO Jo-Anne Bloch by Godfrey Pembroke chief Mark Rantall attracted criticism from some quarters of the industry...

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12 December 2010

A futures trader sentenced to six years in jail has lost an appeal against the severity of the sentence....

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