FINANCIAL SERVICES

Funds management

Financial services leaders are “all cashed up with nowhere to grow” when it comes to M&A activity, according to Deloitte, with 90 per cent saying they have strong balance...

Policy & Regulation

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has set aside a decision by ASIC to ban Paul Ernest Dortkamp, a former director, chairman, and responsible manager of Spaceship Capit...

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Funds management

A lack of female talent in financial services has been cited as an inhibitor to gender diverse businesses, while jobs exploring responsible investing were seeing more int...

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Financial planning

The wealth management market has seen a growth of $266 billion during financial year 2020-21 despite the overall share in the financial services market declining by 0.9% ...

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Financial planning

Non-bank financial services – as well as banking and insurance – are among the lowest rated industries for trust, according to Roy Morgan....

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Financial planning

The Federal Court says James Mawhinney, or entities controlled by him, has a high likelihood to engage in similar conduct if not prevented by the court from doing so, fol...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is insisting it has empathy for financial planning licensees because it has both former advisers and paraplanners in ...

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Funds management

The industry funds-owned IFM Investors is suggesting that the Liberal-dominated House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics is unreasonably singling it out f...

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Financial planning

Despite much of the job market struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic, financial and insurance services have seen a boost in openings in June. ...

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Policy & Regulation

The implementation of recommendations from the Royal Commission will be deferred for six months to allow the industry to deal with the impact of COVID-19....

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Financial planning

Some 90% of Australians think that the finance sector has a crucial role to play in generating positive environmental and economic outcomes, according to the Responsible ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has released its new regulatory framework for foreign financial services providers who are providing services to Austr...

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Policy & Regulation

Superannuation fund trustees will not be able to resort to members’ funds held in trust to pay civil penalties arising from the new Financial Accountability Regime....

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Policy & Regulation

Experience in the United Kingdom suggests it may be a lot more expensive to recruit and retain senior executives under the Government’s proposed new Financial Accountabil...

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Funds management

According to deVere Group, coronavirus, as well as other geopolitical and trade tensions, could push the world to the brink of a recession....

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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