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Funds management

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has entered into a fund management joint venture with Chinese-based trust company Zhongrong International Trust....

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Editorial

Tasmanian Liberal Senator, David Bushby, who is chairing the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC, made a very good point when he said that nothing in the FOFA changes will pr...

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Editorial

Barry Lambert looks at the underlying value of an AFSL, why you might avoid buying one and the likely impact of licensing accountants. ...

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Policy & Regulation

Government and ASIC strike deals to combat tax evasion and supervise international fund managers. ...

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Funds management

The drop in the Australian dollar may reveal a few poorly performing sectors, according to accounting and advisory firm William Buck....

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People & Products

HLB Mann Judd has grown its Australian wealth management businesses with the appointment of two new partners and three new directors....

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Financial planning

There are divergent views, but Barry Lambert believes licensing may mean planners will have to figure out how to stop accountants from taking their clients....

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Editorial

Despite the Parliament having risen for the winter recess, and probably for the last time before a Federal election, it will nonetheless be difficult to keep politics out...

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Minister, Bill Shorten, is scheduled to address the opening plenary of next month’s Financial Services Council conference in Brisbane....

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Superannuation

ASIC may have to explain to a Parliamentary Committee why, when its resources are stretched, it has expended effort reviewing the operations of an independent statutory b...

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People & Products

TAL Life Insurance chief executive Jim Minto has been appointed executive officer of parent company The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company. ...

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Financial planning

The Senate Committee reviewing ASIC will be looking well beyond the issues of the 2011 Commonwealth Financial Planning enforceable undertaking. ...

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Financial planning

Certified Financial Planners earn around $35,000 more per year on average than planners without this designation, according to the Investment Trends FPA Professional Divi...

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Funds management

Nikko AM will nominate Takumi Shibata to take over the role of director and chairman from Charles Beazley in pursuit of a new governance model ahead of its IPO....

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Financial planning

ASIC has reached a $1.1 million out of court settlement with BOQ, Senrac and Macquarie Bank in a high-profile Storm Financial case....

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