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A former Queensland investment adviser has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in relation to 17 charges of misappropriation and one of forgery....

People & Products

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has appointed Greg Tanzer as executive director of consumer protection and international relations, replacing ...

Funds management

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is seeking to gauge public and industry opinion regarding ‘fit and proper’ prudential standards for life insurance e...

Financial planning

Melbourne-based dealer group Quadrant Securities is set to buy the 50 per cent stake held in it by Challenger Financial Services Group (CFSG), through dealer group Garris...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned a former AMP Superannuation agent imprisoned for cheating and defrauding two of his for...

Superannuation

Financial advisers and accountants may still benefit from establishing strategic alliances with each other in relation to providing advice on self managed super funds (SM...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today taken action in two areas of considerable regulatory focus of late - early release super schemes and...

Financial planning

Aberdeen Leaders (ALR), one of the longest running listed investment companies (LICs), has slashed its management fee following the announcement of a third fully franked ...

Financial planning

Select Asset Management’s recently launched Select Gold Fund has received the tick of approval from Zenith Investment Partners, with the research house touting the asset ...

Financial planning

Estate Planning Professionals of Australia (EPP) has introduced a new platform into the market aiming to combat administration issues for estate planning with reduced cos...

Financial planning

One of the longest running listed investment companies, the Aberdeen Leaders Fund, has announced a share buyback ahead of the payment of a one cent dividend to unitholder...

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

Schroders Investment Management Australia has unveiled a new fixed income fund aiming to provide investors with non-traditional methods of income generation in an environ...

Funds management

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has kicked-off an absolute return fund - the Barclays Global Markets Fund - after identifying demand from financial planners for an ‘all w...

Financial planning

Former executive director of Harts Australasia, Maxwell John Sweetman, has faced insider trading charges levelled against him by the Australian Securities and Investments...

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