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Government clarifies adviser register funding

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... four years by increasing the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensee annual lodgement fee with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). A spokesperson for Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told Financial Standard that the current ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... cost of $5 million. Senator Cormann said it will be funded by increasing the current lodgement fee at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for Australian Financial Services licensees by $5 to $44. Financial Planning Association boss Mark ...

Government says no to CBA Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... the 61 recommendations put together by the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in July. Regarding the Committee's proposal to open a Royal Commission into CBA, "the government ...

Industry needs unified solution to insurance "failure": ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... advisers must stop pointing fingers and create a unified response to address insurance sector failures, the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) deputy chair Peter Kell said "This needs a collective response to ensure that this unacceptable ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... futures contract was up five points at 5,311 points, with 8,025 contracts traded. * National turnover was 195 million securities worth $263 million.

ASIC to crack down on big four, AMP and Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
Australia's six largest financial advice firms will be subject to surveillance from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) next year to make sure they comply with high-risk areas of the law. The initiative is part of the regulator's ...

ASIC demands last resort compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has demanded the introduction of a last resort compensation scheme that would provide compensation to victims of failed investments and bad financial advice "where all the other options have ...

BNP Paribas' Peter Baker moves to Mercer Sentinel

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Former BNP Paribas Securities Services managing director Peter Baker has been appointed the new head of Mercer Sentinel's Pacific team. The announcement comes just days after Baker informed BNP Paribas that he would be leaving his post as managing director ...

Custodians make managers more accountable: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... deep look-through and risk analysis capabilities provided by their custodians. According to Madhu Gayer, BNP Paribas Securities Services head of investment reporting and performance for Asia Pacific, the access custodians have to a super fund's investments ...

Countplus business acquires advice practices

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... Wealth Management. McQueen has been licensed through TFS since 1999 and it specialises in investment advice, insurance, securities, self-managed superannuation funds, business succession and retirement planning. The firm works under a fee-for-service ...