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Funds management
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has entered into a fund management joint venture with Chinese-based trust company Zhongrong International Trust....
Editorial
Tasmanian Liberal Senator, David Bushby, who is chairing the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC, made a very good point when he said that nothing in the FOFA changes will pr...
Editorial
Barry Lambert looks at the underlying value of an AFSL, why you might avoid buying one and the likely impact of licensing accountants. ...
Policy & Regulation
Government and ASIC strike deals to combat tax evasion and supervise international fund managers. ...
Funds management
The drop in the Australian dollar may reveal a few poorly performing sectors, according to accounting and advisory firm William Buck....
People & Products
HLB Mann Judd has grown its Australian wealth management businesses with the appointment of two new partners and three new directors....
Financial planning
There are divergent views, but Barry Lambert believes licensing may mean planners will have to figure out how to stop accountants from taking their clients....
Editorial
Despite the Parliament having risen for the winter recess, and probably for the last time before a Federal election, it will nonetheless be difficult to keep politics out...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Minister, Bill Shorten, is scheduled to address the opening plenary of next month’s Financial Services Council conference in Brisbane....
Superannuation
ASIC may have to explain to a Parliamentary Committee why, when its resources are stretched, it has expended effort reviewing the operations of an independent statutory b...
People & Products
TAL Life Insurance chief executive Jim Minto has been appointed executive officer of parent company The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company. ...
Financial planning
The Senate Committee reviewing ASIC will be looking well beyond the issues of the 2011 Commonwealth Financial Planning enforceable undertaking. ...
Financial planning
Certified Financial Planners earn around $35,000 more per year on average than planners without this designation, according to the Investment Trends FPA Professional Divi...
Funds management
Nikko AM will nominate Takumi Shibata to take over the role of director and chairman from Charles Beazley in pursuit of a new governance model ahead of its IPO....
Financial planning
ASIC has reached a $1.1 million out of court settlement with BOQ, Senrac and Macquarie Bank in a high-profile Storm Financial case....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...