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STOXX enters Australian market

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... reporting to STOXX head of Asia Pacific Shirley Low. Morgan has over 15 years' experience in the Australian financial services industry and was previously responsible for channel management across all client groups of S&P Dow Jones Indices (SPDJI). "Australia ...

Stockbrokers Association appoints chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... fast-changing industry, and the Stockbrokers Association holds a unique and important position in the Australian financial services landscape."

Nikko names new Australian managing director

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... Australia and globally is an exciting challenge for me," said Hallinan. Hallinan 20 years' experience in Australian financial services focusing on asset management, strategy, sales and organisational culture. At NAB, he has held leadership roles in retail ...

New Westpac chief executive scraps previous position

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
In his first day as Westpac chief executive, Brian Hartzer has restructured the company's Australian Financial Services division. Hartzer was previously head of the division, which represents more than half of Westpac's profits and comprises its business ...

Separate risk advisers from other planners: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... case for separating the two," Trapnell said. Trapnell proposed that licensees hold a specialist Australian financial services licence (AFSL) to deal in investment or financial planning advice and a different life insurance broker licence to deal in risk ...

AdviserLogic launches licensee-to-adviser tech tool

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... automatically make it available to their planners' AdviserLogic accounts. A licensee CRM also enables Australian financial services licensees (AFSL) to deliver services more efficiently. "Enabling planners to allow access to their AdviserLogic account ...

ASIC cancels boutique's AFSL

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
Boutique Protect Ensure Pty Ltd has had its Australian financial services (AFS) licence cancelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) following a suspension of its licence earlier this year. ASIC suspended Protect Ensure's ...

Treasury seeks consultation on adviser register

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... every employee able to provide financial product advice, as opposed to the advisers listed under the Australian financial services (AFS) licence. Treasury is planning to finalise the details in the regulation by January 2015. After that, it will give ...

Original FoFA laws take immediate effect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... - as a result of the change to the law that applies to the provision of financial advice - many Australian financial services (AFS) licensees will now need to make systems changes. ASIC recognises this issue may arise in particular areas, including fee ...

Industry seizes China FTA opportunities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... in the future." The Financial Services Council, which in recent months has made the exporting of Australian financial services one of its top priorities, also welcomed the FTA. Director of policy Andrew Bragg said: "The agreement builds the architecture ...