FINANCIAL SERVICES

Financial planning

ASIC has imposed licensing conditions on a Queensland-based financial services firm after identifying concerns over its ability to effectively carry out their supervisory...

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Financial planning

Financial services sector workers are being urged to row in behind the rest of the union movement to fight the “seemingly never-ending” attacks on employee rights ahead o...

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Funds management

A joint operation between ASIC and the Australian Federal Police into the hacking of online accounts of retail investors in August last year has now resulted in over $77...

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Financial planning

Research from recruitment firms saying bad publicity detracted new employees to the wealth management industry was not necessarily reflected in individual businesses....

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Financial planning

Misleading and dishonest conduct has landed two Perth-based finance brokers in hot water after investigations by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission resu...

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Financial planning

More than two thirds of financial employers would not be increasing headcount as confidence in the economy sagged, a survey showed....

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Financial planning

The wealth management and super industries are struggling to attract new employees in the wake of recent EUs, even as hiring intentions are set to boom over the next 12 m...

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Funds management

HUB24 has recorded its funds under management at $1.7 billion on the back of its retail platform offerings, and licensee white label products....

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Life/Risk

ASIC has forced One Big Switch to review its legal compliance after the group operated without a licence....

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Financial planning

With the financial services sector undergoing an unprecedented amount of regulatory change a financial services executive and lawyer has launched a firm to give SMEs lega...

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Life/Risk

Office vacancy rates in Melbourne’s CBD are set to drop to eight per cent by 2018 on the back of a recovery in the financial services sector, research reveals....

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Financial planning

Australia’s labour market is transforming, with net hiring intentions remaining strong in financial services and insurance, counter balancing a dip in mining and resource...

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Policy & Regulation

Banks and financial institutions are facing scrutiny over its use of unfair contract terms and non-monetary default conditions to foreclose businesses....

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Financial planning

APRA chair claims public statements on corporate culture within financial services clash with the actual behaviour of staff. ...

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Financial planning

The creators of AdviserLogic software launched a cloud-based revenue management software specifically for Australia’s financial services licensees....

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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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