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Two Melbourne men and one of their partners have been charged with conspiring to defraud financial institutions of approximately $110 million, following an ASIC investiga...

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People & Products

Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has appointed Jon Sutton as managing director and chief executive officer, effective immediately....

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Life/Risk

Synchron’s Don Trapnell urges risk advisers to counter worst elements of Trowbridge interim report, including five-year responsibility period....

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Superannuation

APRA has been questioned over the appropriateness of industry fund directors’ fees exceeding $1 million a year....

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Financial planning

An Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation will see a managed discretionary account provider change the way it offers foreign exchange servi...

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Financial planning

ANZ secures Tracy Ong as Chief Representative, ANZ Malaysia....

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Financial planning

Former Health Minister, Dr Michael Wooldridge, is one of five former directors of Australian Property Custodian Holdings Limited (APCH) who have been penalised by the Fed...

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People & Products

Industry fund service provider and managing director of IFS Insurance Solutions Robert Nunez is joining CommInsure early next year....

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People & Products

Magellan Financial Group has announced it has appointed Dr Brett Cairns as executive chairman, effective 1 January 2015....

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Superannuation

Latest figures from the ATO has debunked the myth that more young people are piling into SMSFs and that trustees are bulking up on residential property according to SPAA....

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Accounting

The former director of an accountancy firm has been banned by ASIC for being part of a scheme which raised funds from clients for mezzanine finance and mortgage lending....

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Financial planning

A Sydney-sider who made investment recommendations to clients without holding an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) has been banned from providing financial ser...

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Policy & Regulation

The back and forth nature of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) amendments are likely to cause consumers to put off seeking financial planning advice costing them abou...

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Financial planning

Industry organisations have applauded parliament’s restoration of the grandfathering provision in the latest round of the FOFA reforms, claiming it overturned a rule that...

People & Products

AMP Capital has announced a series of changes among its senior ranks with two executives taking on new roles while its infrastructure team has been restructured causing t...

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