FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR
People & Products
ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell has been promoted to deputy chair for a five-year period and will commence his new role on 6 May....
Financial planning
The Board of Taxation has finished its report into equity of tax treatment between conventional and Islamic finance products....
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 ...
Editorial
Janine Mace looks at a better-than-expected performance of emerging markets, though challenges still remain....
Financial planning
Mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector declined by 63.7 per cent from 2011 to 2012....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Financial planning
Finance sector jobs in Australia dropped 34 per cent in the third quarter compared to the previous year, according to eFinancialCareers....
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...
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...
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....
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....
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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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...