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More details have emerged of AMP Asset Management’s $600,000 fraud in the Melbourne office....
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued its busy start to the new year....
Financial planning
Last month, Australia’s investment watchdog fired out a missive to investors alerting them to the dangers of the margin lending market. Samantha Walker asked the in-dustr...
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The booming margin lending market may be attracting heat from regulators around the world, but Ralph inspired tax changes are set to keep the flame burning. Jason Spits ...
Financial planning
Distribution is the top priority in a plan to recover AXA’s Australia market position, group chief executive Les Owen, told the company’s AGM in Melbourne...
Financial planning
Macquarie’s wrap service, the Macquarie Portfolio Manager (MPM), has signed up 30 dealer groups in just four months of operation....
Financial planning
Schroders Investment Management has welcomed the news that its British parent is to offload its global investment banking business to Salomon Smith Barney. Schroders dire...
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To shed some light on the myriad of tax changes about to significantly alter the way advisers do business, the Strategist Group is conducting a number of seminars which w...
Financial planning
Like so many other independent dealer groups, Accent Investment Services evolved out of a larger Melbourne-based organisation. It obtained its own licence in 1996. Accent...
Financial planning
Sealcorp Holdings has lured technical pundit Tim Gunning away from Deutsche Bank as part of a drive to boost its paraplanning outsourcing activities....
Financial planning
Schroders Investment Management has welcomed the news that its British parent is to offload its global investment banking business to Salomon Smith Barney....
Financial planning
Westpac is aiming to sell financial services products to 30 per cent of its 5.6 mil-lion strong customer database. Westpac has sold financial services products to 450,000...
Financial planning
Writs were served on the three proposed Consolidated Financial Services (CFS) directors just before Christmas, claiming unlimited damages over a number of issues...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investment commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Ian William Pavletich, a former representative of Hillross Financial Serv-ices, from act...
Financial planning
Contract paraplanners may be painted into a corner under proposals being consid-ered by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Paraplanning outsourc...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...