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ASIC far too slow to act on misconduct: Senator

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has been "far too slow to act" on misconduct in the financial services industry, Nationals senator John Williams told Financial Standard. Yesterday Williams introduced a motion into Parliament ...

Wall Street to stage cyberattack wargame drill

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Wealth management groups in the US are so concerned about cyber attacks they are staging an all out system wide drill to test their preparedness and countermeasures. The drill, code named Quantum Dawn 2, is set down for 28 June and is being co-ordinated ...

PIPA suspends Money Choice director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... it is representing 90 victims of Money Choice's dealings, including many pensioners, and has urged ASIC to further investigate banks which encourage "imprudent" lending.

Study highlights honesty of LinkedIn users

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... Anand said. Robert Half Australia said they have no plans for a survey specifically on LinkedIn. However, they will investigate Australian hirers' perceptions of social media in general as part of their June survey.

Budget 2013-14 wrap up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... and evasion using trusts has also been targeted with additional funding for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to investigate and audit the use of trust structures by high wealth individuals.

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STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
In the new edition of Financial Standard, we feature the CPA Australia SMSF conference and expo 2013 and Laura Millan investigates the top trends in life risk that advisers need to be on top of to ensure adequate coverage for clients. We also take an ...

ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from City Index

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has accepted an enforceable undertaking from City Index Australia (CIA), which will appoint an independent expert to review the business and develop a plan to rectify the deficiencies. The ...

Bribery and corruption concerns for super

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Superannuation funds must take into account the company's bribery and corruption policy when investing, as at least half of ASX-listed companies don't have a clear statement on these issues, according to recent Citi research. The study investigated ...

Wealthtrac launches cloud-based SMSF platform

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
Wealthtrac, has launched a cloud-based SMSF platform that centralises administration and reporting to build efficiencies for advisers. The platform comes after two years of research that investigated where independent advisers could benefit from greater ...

Financial Wisdom launches discounted recruitment service

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
Dealer group Financial Wisdom has launched a service to solve adviser recruitment issues in its aligned practices. As part of the new service, the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) backed Financial Wisdom has created an external recruitment website and offers ...