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Premium Investors' announces strong offer result and listing date

The recent Premium Investors Ltd public offer raised $172 million due to strong interest across a broad range of financial planners, brokers, Treasury Group shareholders and the public, Treasury Group Ltd has announced. The offer, which closed on 14 ...

Investors in need of greater awareness and access to investment decisions

... investment decisions. "Indeed the most common complaint I have had substantiating why a person does not use a financial planner is they dislike the feeling of a black-box operation where they don't understand what is happening inside the box," said Mr ...

FPA sheds light on tax advice fees

... said that the tax component of such schemes was primarily the creation of the promoter of the product, not the financial planner or the licensee. It also cited the fact that the ASIC currently bans financial planners and/or challenges a licensee where ...

AXA says NAB-AMP entity a "threat, but also an opportunity"

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2003
AXA Asia Pacific Holdings chief executive Les Owen said today a National Australia Bank Ltd takeover of AMP Ltd would be considered a "threat but also an opportunity" for his financial services company. "A threat because simply a merged NAB-AMP would ...

ASIC and FPA to help planners with written communication

Doctors may soon reclaim their perch as the professionals with the most unintelligible handwriting, as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) today announced a joint program to help financial ...

ASIC grants AMP 10 new FSR licences

Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has issued AMP with 10 Australian Financial Services Licences under the Financial Services Reform Act, the financial services group has announced. AMP applied for the 10 licences in August and said ...

ASIC deals out permanent ban to Brisbane financial planner

... The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Harvey Baigent - a Brisbane financial planner - from acting as a representative of a dealer or investment adviser. ASIC commenced an investigation of Mr Baigent following ...

CBA announces senior appointment to investment and insurance services

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) today appointed Brett Himbury as executive general manager, financial planning and advice services, it has announced. The role became vacant after the internal transfer of Geoff Austin to retail banking services. ...

Macquarie executive calls for mortgage industry regulation

Macquarie Bank Ltd's top real estate executive wants the entire mortgage industry to be as regulated as the banks, to combat the mounting potential for fraud. Bill Moss, head of Macquarie's Banking & Property Group, said mortgage fraud in Australia ...

AMP Henderson strengthens retail distribution team

AMP Henderson Global Investors announced today the appointment of Andrew Keay as its new national sales manager, retail distribution, within the client & marketing distribution team. Mr Keay will have a national sales focus and will be responsible for ...