Kate Cowling

Kate Cowling

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13 February 2014

Two Sydney-based accounting auditors have entered an enforceable undertaking (EU) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) following a lengthy rev...

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5 February 2014

'Crowd-funding’ projects that attract investor return need urgent cross-jurisdictional regulation, an international thinktank believes, with nearly half of the ventures d...

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4 February 2014

Financial services was one of only a handful of industries to experience no salary growth last year, a report shows....

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2 February 2014

ANZ has retained its title as Australia’s most valuable banking brand in a year that saw lower ranked institutions such as BT Financial Group increase their standing expo...

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21 January 2014

A NSW Central Coast businessman has been charged with fraud after misappropriating $260,000 in investor funds. ...

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20 January 2014

Financial markets will continue to be torn between the improving global economy and concerns about policy, an investment manager believes. ...

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15 January 2014

The threat of regulatory change has outranked cyber crime and PR disasters as the greatest risk to the financial services industry, a survey shows. ...

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13 January 2014

The financial services profession will continue its 30-year trend of acquisition 'failure' unless it starts to seriously consider long-term risk and culture fit, a broker...

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10 December 2013

The avalanche of financial planning changes in the last year has left institutions with more orphan clients than real clients, a veteran adviser believes. ...

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5 December 2013

Managed discretionary accounts (MDAs) should be customised for individual clients, both to manage diverse expectations and meet new regulatory guidelines, an adviser says...

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