AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

Two Melbourne men associated with the failed Lifestyle property group have been sentenced to a total of seven years jail after pleading guilty to charges brought by the A...

Financial planning

The recently appointed head of AMP, Andrew Mohl has wasted no time in giving the company a shake-up by moving “quickly to reform” the giant life and financial services co...

Financial planning

Australian financial advisers have been warned they risk exposure to charges of mis-selling and consequent legal action if they underestimate or fail to address the compl...

Financial planning

The number of advisers with a life background remains reasonably steady – despite all the noise about PS 146. JULIE BENNETT reports....

Financial planning

The chief executive of AMP, Paul Batchelor, has today stepped down from his position after a tumultuous period in the history of the Australian financial services giant....

Financial planning

Having established that the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence application process is simply too hard for your average financial planner, the Australian Securiti...

Financial planning

Oasis Asset Management has struck its sixth client deal, with Avenue Asset Management becoming the latest firm to sign up for its customised financial planning products....

Financial planning

A Melbourne financial planner has been banned from acting as a representative of a securities dealer or investment adviser for life....

Financial planning

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) licensing web will snare a growing number of unsuspecting professionals employed outside the realm of financ...

Financial planning

Employment opportunities within the Australian financial services sector are continuing to hold strong amid the current global economic climate, figures from the latest T...

Financial planning

A former securities representative has been banned for life from the securities industry by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for transferring c...

Funds management

Boutique hedge fund manager Hale and Shepherd Investments has launched its first investment product – a mixed financial commodity fund....

Financial planning

Three months after the Financial Services Reform Act was passed, ASIC is still pushing its licensing message to the financial services industry to get organised and get c...

Financial planning

A former Securitor financial planner has been handed down a life ban by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) from acting as a representative of a s...

Financial planning

Circumstances have made a Melbourne planning office become a model for the future. JOHN WILKINSON reports....

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