Chris Kennedy

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Amid a scramble from several major institutions to acquire extra scale in terms of distribution, retaining and acquiring key leadership personnel is also crucial to busin...

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Despite the current clamour for high yielding stocks in a sluggish market, big dividend yields aren’t always a recipe for investment success according to Goldman Sachs Au...

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Australian financial services companies will have an opportunity to access Asian investors at the fifth Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong....

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The Government has released a discussion paper to consult with industry on the regulations around over-the-counter derivatives....

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Opposition leader Tony Abbott has restated his party's opposition to an increase in the superannuation guarantee but said it would not rescind an increase if it was passe...

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Major platform providers across the industry are now moving away from a heavy period of platform consolidation to focus on developing and upgrading the remaining products...

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An ASIC consultation paper has proposed that research houses improve transparency and clearly separate their business units in order to manage real or perceived conflicts...

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Chinese demand will be the key factor influencing the price of resource stocks both in Australia and overseas, regardless of whether specific countries trade with China d...

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FOFA reforms will mean financial advice groups will either move down the vertical integration path towards a hybrid model or focus purely on the professional advice model...

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IRESS will set up a UK division after its XPLAN software was picked up by the UK's largest financial advice group, Sesame Bankhall Group....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 1 week ago

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

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

6 months 2 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

1 week 4 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 days 4 hours ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

4 days 7 hours ago