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Barclays boosts Adviser Services team

Barclays Global Investors Australia has strengthened its Adviser Services team by appointing Leah Waldie to the role of National Account Manager, it has announced. Reporting directly to Michael Ohlsson, Adviser Services' Director, Ms Waldie's primary ...

AIA survey reveals increase in online trading

In a survey of its members, the Australian Investors' Association (AIA) has discovered that many investors are using the internet extensively for share market transactions, suggesting they are only using stockbrokers and financial planners as a source ...

ASIC clarifies conduct and disclosure obligations for financial planners

In its attempts to enhance the standards of conduct and disclosure amongst financial advisers, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has today explained how it will administer the new conduct and disclosure obligations for financial ...

ASIC imposes permanent ban on Sydney adviser

... financial services. Higgins is a director of Macquarie Financial Services in Richmond, NSW and operated as a financial planner and adviser. An ASIC investigation found that Higgins misappropriated approximately $2 million from clients. ASIC found that ...

AFA launches national adviser award

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced the launch of a major national annual award for the AFA risk adviser members. "The primary objectives of the AFA are to improve educational and ethical standards of financial planners and to ...

Dealer group goes in AXA shake-up

Insurance and investment giant AXA has announced it intends to consolidate its dealer group network, including the closure of Altus Financial Services. AXA said its network would now comprise just two dealer group brands - AXA Financial Planning and ...

ASIC imposes three-year ban on South Australian adviser

... fairly, as required by the law," said Mark Steward, ASIC's director of enforcement. Holmes had operated as a financial planner and adviser and as the sole proprietor of Liberty Advisory Services in Rose Park. He had also held a proper authority from ...

Sharp reduction in inheritance wealth despite rise in per capita income: AMP

Four in five baby boomers mightn't receive a significant inheritance, despite accumulated wealth per Australian having tripled since the 1960s, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) research - released by AMP - has revealed. Although ...

ASIC to crackdown on 'get-rich-quick' schemes

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will seek indirect influence in regulating real estate 'get-rich-quick' schemes when it releases findings from an industry surveillance investigation later in the year, it has announced. Last ...

InvestorWeb announces Virtual Broker/VisiPlan link-up

InvestorWeb (IWL) has announced that it has completed the first step in the fusing of its Virtual Broker white-label broking product to its financial planning platform VisiPlan. The integration will enable subscribers to VisiPlan and Virtual Broker ...