AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a third former AM Corporation director in light of its investigation in...

Financial planning

Financial planning group Financial Partnership has appointed ex-Australian Financial Services’s national business development manager, Chris Smith, as regional manager fo...

Financial planning

Count deputy managing director Kylie Lambert will step down from the role at the end of this month and leave the financial services group to take on a management role in ...

Financial planning

Australian Financial Services (AFS), which has been without a full-time managing director since August, will complete a full strategic review of the group’s operations by...

Financial planning

It appears that employees within the Australian financial services industry can breathe easier after the release of the latest quarterly TMP Worldwide Job Index, though t...

Financial planning

National Australia Bank-owned MLC has been has been granted 13 Australian Financial Services (AFS) licenses by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)...

Financial planning

Ian Johnston has entered the Most Influential list this year as somewhat of a people’s champion....

Financial planning

The representative body of advisers in AXA dealer groups, the Authorised Representatives Association (ARA), has backed down on threats to withdraw from the peak industry ...

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services Australia (ZSFA) has been issued the last of its eight Australian Financial Services Licences by the Australian Securities and Investments Commi...

Financial planning

As smaller players in financial services look for scale, the larger institutional players have continued to consolidate. Mike Taylor reports....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has lost a Full Federal Court appeal against a decision to reinstate the securities dealer licences of Saxby B...

Financial planning

Two Promina owned dealer groups – financial planning advice focused Cameron Walshe and life risk advice orientated Guardian Financial Planning - are to be rolled into one...

Financial planning

As the financial services sector has grown and matured throughout South-East Asia, Australia has emerged as an educational centre of excellence. Mike Taylor reports....

Financial planning

It has been an eventful year for Garrisons, with a change in the structure of the parent company being the most significant. John Wilkinson reports....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has moved to make it easier for corporate groups to satisfy the cash needs requirement under Policy Statement ...

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