FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR

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ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell has been promoted to deputy chair for a five-year period and will commence his new role on 6 May....

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Financial planning

The Board of Taxation has finished its report into equity of tax treatment between conventional and Islamic finance products....

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Financial planning

Roy Morgan data points to strengthening business confidence among financial services and insurance firms, but eFinancialCareers claims retrenchments are the order of the ...

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Editorial

Janine Mace looks at a better-than-expected performance of emerging markets, though challenges still remain....

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Financial planning

Mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector declined by 63.7 per cent from 2011 to 2012....

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Editorial

Apart from volatile markets and investor sentiment, this year has also seen major policy developments, new investment trends and key career and business moves. Tim Stewar...

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Financial planning

The manual processing of corporate actions is unscaleable and industry-wide automation is needed to reduce the risk of costly investment mistakes, according to DST Global...

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Funds management

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is set to shift its focus towards the wealth management industry in 2013, according to Minter Ellison partner Ka...

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Editorial

Equity Trustees Limited has recorded a slight profit growth, up to $8.4 million for the 2012 financial year, following the incorporation of its aged care advisory busines...

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Financial planning

Finance sector jobs in Australia dropped 34 per cent in the third quarter compared to the previous year, according to eFinancialCareers....

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Financial planning

Australian-based financial services software provider Bravura has this week been named as one of only two Australian companies among the world’s top 100 technology vendor...

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Editorial

There has been a tendency to forget about the ACCC ever since the regulation of consumer protection in the financial services industry moved to ASIC in 2001. But as Grant...

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Editorial

Bill Shorten has fuelled criticisms of the Government from within the financial services sector by appearing to pre-empt the findings of the Productivity Commission....

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Financial planning

Foreign investors will be exempt from paying tax when using an Australian fund manager under the Investment Manager Regime which passed through Parliament yesterday....

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Editorial

Bela Moore and Andrew Tsanadis find some pockets of the financial services industry are hiring while others have brought their recruitment activities to a halt....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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