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Industry should help fund ASIC: ANZ

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... financial services industry should help fund the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) so it can "fully police industry behaviour." ANZ deputy chief executive officer Graham Hodges told a Senate Economics Committee hearing within the ...

Premium Investor Visa too short-term

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... complying investments for the PIV, and how the nomination process for the PIV will work." Reports in The Australian that police are working with Chinese authorities to trace illegal assets compounds the issue. Hall & Wilcox consults with fund managers ...

Gold Coast advice firm enters EU over misleading ads

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... advertisement claimed. The advertisements were placed on the business' website, on YouTube, in in-flight magazines and in police journals. ASIC's investigation found that Equanimity's compliance processes in terms of its advertising were unsatisfactory ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev has countered the notion that the banking sector is "oblivious" to Bitcoin. Speaking at an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Sydney this week, Narev said the bank is open-minded about ...

New tech can't beat face-to-face advice meetings

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... relationship. The research explored the financial attitudes of 2,500 public sector employees, including the nation's nurses, police and teachers. State Super Financial Services general manager of financial planning, Sean Bradley, said the research showed ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
There is no evidence to suggest Australians abuse their right to withdraw superannuation as a lump sum, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has said. Addressing delegates at the Financial Services Council conference, the former treasurer said forcing consumers ...

Canadian pension fund buys AMP NZ property portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... around $80 billion for the pension plans of the Canadian Public Service, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force.

NAB and ABS employees arrested for insider trading fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... follow a joint investigation of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Officials from both institutions told the media that the two would have obtained about $7 million while trading on foreign ...

Not too late for super to start on big data

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... LinkedIn profile. "What do footy, weather and super have in common?" Garcia asked in the piece. He explained that the UK police uses big data to predict an increase in crime rate when the temperature rises or when Manchester United plays at home. "The ...

Better ASIC-AFP relationship could lead to more prosecutions

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... "inefficient" relationship between the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) was remedied, the Senate Economics Reference Committee has heard. ASIC officials admitted that there was scope for ...